restless dead
Souls refusing peace
The restless dead are spirits or corpses that cannot find peace in death—ghosts, revenants, zombies, and similar creatures of folklore and horror fiction.
They typically remain because of unfinished business, improper burial, or violent death: The old battlefield was said to be haunted by the restless dead.
The phrase appears across cultures and genres, from ancient myth to modern video games.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- spectral figureVisible manifestation of spirit
- wandering spiritDisembodied soul adrift
- undeadDeceased yet animate
haunting · unfinished business · zombie · revenant · wraith · phantom · spirit · corpse · buried alive · grave · tomb · cemetery · risen · risen from the grave · shambling · poltergeist · necromancy · ghoul
rest, rests, rested, resting, restful, restfully, restfulness, restlessly, restlessness