Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
English: spirit, disembodied spirit
hantuBahasa Indonesia
demon, devil, fiend, ghost, phantom
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Noun
The visible disembodied soul of a dead person
English: ghost
A mental representation of some haunting experience
English: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
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6 more noun senses
An imaginary monster used to frighten children
English: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger
Bahasa: monster
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An evil supernatural being
English: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon
Bahasa: iblis, setan, syaitan, Iblis
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(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God, tempter of mankind, master of Hell
English: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness
Bahasa: setan, syaitan, Satan, Syaitan
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A ghostly appearing figure
English: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
Bahasa: khayalan, penjelmaan
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Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
English: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary
Bahasa: tali barut
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A cruel wicked and inhuman person
English: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre
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Adjective
Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
English: phantom
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