revenants

Back from death

Revenants are beings that return from the dead—ghosts, spirits, or reanimated corpses.

The word carries a literary or gothic tone, appearing in horror fiction and folklore: The village lived in fear of revenants rising from unmarked graves.

Unlike zombies, revenants typically retain purpose or personality, often returning to settle unfinished business or seek revenge.

return

resurrection

Revival from death

reanimationRestoration of life
comebackRecovery after decline
reappearanceComing back into view

rebirth · reincarnation · restoration · awakening · recurrence · unfinished business · vengeance · haunting · lingering · recurring

undead

vampire

Blood-drinking undead creature

zombieReanimated dead body
lichUndead mage with phylactery
ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon

wight · mummy · skeleton · necromancy · reanimated · corpse · risen · shambling · decayed · tomb

supernatural

apparition

Visible supernatural manifestation

specterGhostly threatening presence
phantomInsubstantial apparition
wraithSpectral apparition of someone

shade · spirit · ghost · phantasm · manifestation · visitant · ectoplasm · soul · haunt · spectral

atmosphere

eerie

Disturbingly strange

spookyUnsettlingly strange
chillingCausing fear or cold
uncannyEerily beyond normal

macabre · dreadful · sinister · creepy · unsettling · foreboding · gothic · shadowy · ghostly · haunted

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