ghoul
Flesh-eating undead creature
A ghoul is a demon from Arabic folklore that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
The word extends to anyone with morbid interests—someone fascinated by death, disaster, or gruesome details: Ghouls gathered at the crime scene hoping to see the body.
In horror fiction, ghouls are undead creatures that consume human flesh.
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
spirit · haunt · poltergeist · revenant · necromancy · possession · curse · undying
Reanimated dead body
- revenantReturned from death
- corpseDeceased human body
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
crypt · tomb · carrion · cadaver · decay · reanimated · shambling · rotting
Frightening imaginary creature
- fiendCruel person or enthusiast
- creatureLiving, sentient entity
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
grotesque · ghastly · eerie · chilling · sinister · spine-tingling · nightmare · dread
Islamic supernatural spirit
- djinnSpirit in Arab folklore
- ArabianOf the peninsula
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
- desertTo leave behind completely
cryptid · legend · mythology · lore · folktales · preternatural · tales · mythic
Cruel person or enthusiast
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- rubberneckerOne who stares intrusively
voyeur · scavenger · vulture · parasite · opportunist
specter
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
shade · spirit · haunt · poltergeist · revenant · necromancy · possession · curse · undying · otherworldly
zombie
Reanimated dead body
graveyard · crypt · tomb · carrion · cadaver · decay · reanimated · shambling · rotting · charnel
monster
Frightening imaginary creature
gruesome · grotesque · ghastly · eerie · chilling · sinister · spine-tingling · nightmare · dread · terror
jinn
Islamic supernatural spirit
- djinnSpirit in Arab folklore
- ArabianOf the peninsula
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
desert · cryptid · legend · mythology · lore · folktales · preternatural · tales · mythic · demon
fiend
Cruel person or enthusiast
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
rubbernecker · voyeur · scavenger · vulture · parasite · opportunist
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
ghoulangel
Divine winged messenger
guardian angel · saint · seraph · cherub · fairy godmother
ghoulAnubis
Egyptian mortuary deity
valkyrie · mourner · undertaker · hospice worker · grief counselor
ghoulmourner
One who grieves
pallbearer · funeral director · embalmer · cemetery caretaker · memorialist
ghoulish, ghouls, ghoulishly, ghoulishness, ghoulie, ghoulies