adjective
undead
uhn-DEHD
adjective
1
Neither fully alive nor truly dead — animated despite being a corpse, as in folklore and fiction.
"The film is full of undead creatures rising from their graves."
noun
1
A being that is undead, such as a vampire or zombie.
"The game lets you play as one of the undead."
How to Use Undead
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA creature that's dead but somehow still moving and acting alive — think vampires and zombies.
Word Forms
undead plural, undeads plural
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Etymology
From Middle English undede, un- + dead, first recorded around 1400. The word's spooky, supernatural sense was popularized by Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).