The poltergeist was throwing objects around the room.
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Poltergeist
//ˈpoʊl.tɚˌɡaɪst//
Synonyms for "poltergeist" (85 found)
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Related words (42)
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34 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رُوح شَرِيرَة noun (disruptive ghost)
Bulgarian
1 entries- полтъргайст noun (disruptive ghost)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騷靈 /骚灵 noun (disruptive ghost)
Czech
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Dutch
2 entries- klopgeest noun (disruptive ghost)
- poltergeest noun (disruptive ghost)
Esperanto
2 entries- brufantomo noun (disruptive ghost)
- poltergejsto noun (disruptive ghost)
Finnish
2 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
- räyhähenki noun (disruptive ghost)
French
2 entries- esprit frappeur noun (disruptive ghost)
- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლტერგეისტი noun (disruptive ghost)
German
2 entries- Klopfgeist noun (disruptive ghost)
- Poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Greek
1 entries- πόλτεργκαϊστ noun (disruptive ghost)
Hungarian
1 entries- kopogó szellem noun (disruptive ghost)
Italian
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Japanese
2 entries- ポルターガイスト noun (disruptive ghost)
- ポルターガイスト現象 noun (disruptive ghost)
Korean
1 entries- 폴터가이스트 noun (disruptive ghost)
Latvian
1 entries- poltergeists noun (disruptive ghost)
Lithuanian
1 entries- poltergeistas noun (disruptive ghost)
Māori
1 entries- poketai noun (disruptive ghost)
Norwegian
2 entries- bankeånd noun (disruptive ghost)
- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Polish
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Portuguese
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Russian
1 entries- полтерге́йст noun (disruptive ghost)
Spanish
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Swedish
1 entries- poltergeist noun (disruptive ghost)
Ukrainian
1 entries- полтерге́йст noun (disruptive ghost)
Vietnamese
1 entries- yêu tinh noun (disruptive ghost)
Volapük
1 entries- nokamalanan noun (disruptive ghost)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In the 1980s, evil clowns began appearing in movies like Poltergeist and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
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Lich is a pulsar located approximately 2,300 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation of Virgo, which has three planets orbiting around it: Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor.
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"What was that?" "Oh, that was our poltergeist."
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