Undead Beings

noun a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on dead bodies

• The legend of the ghoul has been passed down through generations.
• I heard a spooky story about a ghoul in the old cemetery.
• That movie was full of ghouls and ghosts, it gave me the creeps.
• The negative comments online were like ghouls attacking her reputation.

noun a state of being that is not alive or living

adjective describing something that is not alive or living

• The concept of unlife is often explored in Gothic literature.
• Some people believe in the existence of unlife after death.
• I don't want to deal with any of that unlife nonsense.
• The abandoned house had an eerie feeling of unlife about it.

noun a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead

• The revenant was said to have returned from the dead to seek revenge on those who wronged him.
• I heard a spooky story about a revenant haunting the old graveyard down the road.
• Dude, that movie was so scary, it felt like I was watching a bunch of revenants running around.
• The old building stood like a revenant of the past, reminding us of a time long gone.