dementors
Joy-draining spectral guards
Dementors are dark creatures in the Harry Potter series that feed on human happiness, leaving victims in despair.
They guard the wizard prison Azkaban and can perform a fatal "kiss" that removes the soul.
J.K.
Rowling has said they represent depression.
The term now appears figuratively for people or things that drain joy: My boss is such a dementor.
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- anguishIntense mental suffering
sorrow · misery · desolation · gloom · bleakness · despondency · forlorn · emptiness
Having a fabric headpiece
- cloakedConcealed or covered
- skeletalOf or like bones
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- facelessLacking identity or features
wraith · specter · ghoul · undead · rotting · eyeless · gliding · supernatural
Deeply exhausting and demoralizing
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- feedingGiving food to
- consumingUsing up entirely
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
sapping · depleting · weakening · leeching · vitality · enervating · debilitating · withering
Conjured protective spirit entity
- Prisoner of AzkabanThird wizarding school year
- Ministry of MagicSupernatural realm's administration
- Death EatersDark wizard supremacist group
- guardWatchful defensive attention
Chronic occupational depletion
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- workplaceEmployment location
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
spirit-crushing · mood killer · pessimist · abusive · manipulative
despair
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
anguish · sorrow · misery · desolation · gloom · bleakness · despondency · forlorn · emptiness · numbness
hooded
Having a fabric headpiece
faceless · wraith · specter · ghoul · undead · rotting · eyeless · gliding · supernatural · monster
soul-sucking
Deeply exhausting and demoralizing
devouring · sapping · depleting · weakening · leeching · vitality · enervating · debilitating · withering · extinguishing
Patronus
Conjured protective spirit entity
- Prisoner of AzkabanThird wizarding school year
- Ministry of MagicSupernatural realm's administration
- Death EatersDark wizard supremacist group
Sirius Black · Hogwarts · Remus Lupin · guard · prison
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- workplaceEmployment location
negativity · spirit-crushing · mood killer · pessimist · abusive · manipulative
dementorsPatronus
Conjured protective spirit entity
muses · fairy godmothers · happy memories · laughter · Tinker Bell
dementorsphoenixes
Self-resurrecting mythical birds
unicorns · Fawkes · guardian angels · thestrals · hippogriffs
dementorsguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
angels · spirit guides · archangels · seraphim · life force
mental, dementia, mentality, demented, dementedly, dementias