undead.

Represented as dead but still moving or acting in supernatural fiction.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• undead creature
• the undead

On the page

An undead figure waited beside the stair.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.