Dementor

Happiness-draining specter

A Dementor is a creature from the Harry Potter universe—a tall, hooded figure that feeds on human happiness and can extract souls with its kiss.

Dementors guard the wizard prison Azkaban.

The word has escaped into general use for anyone who drains joy from a room: My boss is such a Dementor—every meeting leaves me exhausted.

creature

Patronus

Conjured protective spirit entity

floating · gliding · eyeless · rotting · scabbed · cold · clammy · towering · faceless · spectral

emotion

despair

Total absence of hope

darkness · misery · sorrow · anguish · reliving · numbness · bleakness · desolation · gloom · melancholy

Kiss

soul

Innermost animating essence

shell · empty · husk · vegetative · soulless · irreversible · victim · sentence · punishment · mouth

defense

Patronus

Conjured protective spirit entity

shield · repel · guardian · stag · otter · doe · phoenix · Jack Russell · ward · protection

Potter

Patronus

Conjured protective spirit entity

Sirius Black · Hogwarts Express · Remus Lupin · guard · Dudley · corporeal

Categories
Opposites
emotional effect

DementorPatronus

Conjured protective spirit entity

muse · guardian angel · fairy godmother · good fairy · cherub

soul/spiritual function

Dementorguardian angel

Protective spirit assigned individually

spirit guide · valkyrie · angel · archangel · protective spirit

light/darkness symbolism

DementorPatronus

Conjured protective spirit entity

angel · seraph · phoenix · Fawkes · unicorn

Phrases
Family

dementia, demented, dementedly, dementors

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG