undeath
Zombie's lingering existence
Undeath is the state of being neither alive nor dead, used in fantasy and horror genres for creatures like zombies, vampires, and liches.
These beings have died but continue to exist and act: The necromancer cursed him to undeath.
The word follows the pattern of "unlife" and similar coinages that negate death without restoring true life.
Returned from death
- lichUndead mage with phylactery
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- wightArchaic term for creature
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
mummy · skeleton · shambling · reanimated · thrall · minion · husk · hollow
Visible supernatural manifestation
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
shade · spirit · ghostly · ethereal · haunted · eerie · possession · seance
Summoner of the deceased
- dark magicMalevolent supernatural practice
- reanimationRestoration of life
- corpseDeceased human body
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
spell · occult · sorcery · forbidden · unholy · grave · summoning · thrall
Restoration of life
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- shamblerOne who walks unsteadily
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
outbreak · apocalypse · decay · necrosis · survival · contagion · braindead · shambling
Lasting without end
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- undyingLasting without end
- imperishableLasting forever, indestructible
- everlastingLasting for all time
timeless · perpetual · unending · immortality · endless · unfading · indestructible · phylactery
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- resurrectionRevival from death
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
damnation · salvation · transcendence · karma · samsara · moksha · nirvana · afterworld
revenant
Returned from death
banshee · mummy · skeleton · shambling · reanimated · thrall · minion · husk · hollow · soulless
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
wraith · shade · spirit · ghostly · ethereal · haunted · eerie · possession · seance · medium
necromancer
Summoner of the deceased
- dark magicMalevolent supernatural practice
- reanimationRestoration of life
- corpseDeceased human body
ritual · spell · occult · sorcery · forbidden · unholy · grave · summoning · thrall · binding
reanimation
Restoration of life
infected · outbreak · apocalypse · decay · necrosis · survival · contagion · braindead · shambling · rotting
eternal
Lasting without end
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- undyingLasting without end
- imperishableLasting forever, indestructible
everlasting · timeless · perpetual · unending · immortality · endless · unfading · indestructible · phylactery · eternally
soul
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- resurrectionRevival from death
- limboState of uncertain waiting
purgatory · damnation · salvation · transcendence · karma · samsara · moksha · nirvana · afterworld · ascension
bloodsucker
Organism feeding on plasma
stake · garlic · sunlight · sanguine · vampirism · bat · pale · gothic · immortal · thrall
- undeadzombie, vampire, ghost, lich, skeleton
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- immortalityimmortality, eternal life, immortals, everlasting life, agelessness
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, jinx