Undead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnˈdɛd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Undead is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
Meaning
Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
More Meanings
- (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
- (horror and fantasy fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.
- (obsolete) Not dead; alive.
Example Sentences
"You will do me a service," the undead said to him.
In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some unsuspecting teenagers.
Innocent VIII lent credibility to the actual existence of undeads, an action that perpetuated, and even stimulated, vampire hysteria.
"Were another of the Un-Dead, like him, to try to do what he has done, perhaps not all the centuries of the world that have been, or that will be, could aid him."
Word Forms
- un-dead
- undeads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vampire, living, alive, death, dead, vamp.
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