Meaning of "undead" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDEAD

undead  [ʌnˈdɛd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDEAD

Undead is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNDEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Undead

An undead is a being in mythology, legend or fiction that is deceased yet behaves as if alive. A common example is a corpse re-animated by supernatural forces by the application of the deceased's own life force or that of another being. Undead may be incorporeal like ghosts, or corporeal like vampires and zombies. The undead are featured in the belief systems of most cultures, and appear in many works of fantasy and horror fiction. Bram Stoker considered using the title The Un-Dead for his novel Dracula, and use of the term in the novel is mostly responsible for the modern sense of the word. The word does appear in English before Stoker but with the more literal sense of "alive" or "not dead", for which citations can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. Stoker's use of the term refers only to vampires, and the extension to other types of supernatural beings arose later. Most commonly, it is now taken to refer to supernatural beings which had at one time been alive and continue to display some aspects of life after death, but the usage is highly variable.

Definition of undead in the English dictionary

The definition of undead in the dictionary is technically dead but reanimated.

TRANSLATION OF UNDEAD

Find out the translation of undead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of undead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «undead» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 亡灵
• Translator English - Spanish: muertos vivientes
• English: undead
• Translator English - Hindi: मरे
• Translator English - Arabic: أوندد
• Translator English - Russian: нежить
• Translator English - Portuguese: mortos-vivos
• Translator English - Bengali: আনডেড
• Translator English - French: morts-vivants
• Translator English - Malay: Undead
• Translator English - German: Untote
• Translator English - Japanese: アンデッド
• Translator English - Korean: 언데드
• Translator English - Javanese: Undead
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Undead
• Translator English - Tamil: இறவாத
• Translator English - Marathi: मरे
• Translator English - Turkish: ölümsüz
• Translator English - Italian: morti
• Translator English - Polish: nieumarli
• Translator English - Ukrainian: нежить
• Translator English - Romanian: strigoi
• Translator English - Greek: ζόμπι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dooies
• Translator English - Swedish: odöda
• Translator English - Norwegian: undead

3 QUOTES WITH «UNDEAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word undead.

1

Max Brooks

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

2

Mark Gatiss

Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it's like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars.

3

Alex O'Loughlin

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDEAD»

Discover the use of undead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating ...

Dick Teresi, a science writer with a dark sense of humor, manages to make this story entertaining, informative, and accessible as he shows how death determination has become more complicated than ever.

Dick Teresi, 2012

Undead

Combining the chill of THE SHINING, the thrill ride of SPEED, the humor of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and the angst of THE BREAKFAST CLUB, Kirsty McKay's UNDEAD is a bloody mad mash-up, a school-trip splatter-fest, a funny, gory, frighteningly good ...

Kirsty McKay, 2012

Undead and Unwed

It's been a hell of a week for Betsy Taylor.

MaryJanice Davidson, 2010

The Living and the Undead: Slaying Vampires, Exterminating ...

In this book, Gregory A. Waller shows why the vampire continues to fascinate us in film and fiction.

Gregory Waller, 2010

Encyclopedia of the Undead: A Field Guide to Creatures That ...

Voodoo. and. Zombies. Cockroach, he don't wear no crockin' shoes when he creep into the fowl house. —Creole proverb The image of the zombie—the walking dead of Afro- Caribbean lore—with its shambling gait, dead eyes, and slack jaw, ...

Bob Curran, 2009

Goth: Undead Subculture

This collection will be the definitive work on its topic."--Tim Dean, author of "Beyond Sexuality"

Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Michael Bibby, 2007

Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on ...

The essays analyze the complexity Dracula embodies outside the conventional landscape of films with which the vampire is typically associated.

John Edgar Browning, Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart, 2009

Handling the Undead

In his new novel, John Ajvide Lindqvist does for zombies what his previous novel, Let the Right One In, did for vampires.

John Ajvide Lindqvist, 2010

Undead and Uneasy

Betsy Taylor, undead vampire queen, has been given a new nickname by her nearest and dearest: Bridezilla.

MaryJanice Davidson, 2010

Basement of the Undead

Three boys discover something terrifying in their school basement. Zombies!

Jason Strange, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDEAD»

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Reviving The Undead With State Of Decay: Year One Survival Edition

Undead Labs have now returned to Trumbull Valley, remastering the title for Xbox One while also intent on bringing the title to a new audience on current-gen ... «TheSixthAxis, Apr 15»

Undead Labs Discovers a 'Ridiculous Amount' of Penises In State Of …

By Jenna Pitcher When Undead Labs began revamping its 2013 zombie-survival game with the upcoming State of Decay: Year One Edition, the developer ... «IGN, Mar 15»

Learn the Rules of Being Undead in a New iZombie Trailer

The CW has just released a trailer for their upcoming comic book-based series “iZombie,” developed for television by “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas. «ComingSoon.net, Jan 15»

State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

Microsoft and Undead Labs announced that they were bringing an enhanced version the game to Xbox One and PC last August, and now they've released ... «Game Informer, Jan 15»

Veronica Mars live - or undead

i Zombie stars Rose McIver as Liv, the undead heroine who finds her purpose in life by bringing murderers to justice. The New Zealand actor has to go through a ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»

Zombie Army Trilogy brings undead Hitler to your PS4 and Xbox One

Zombie Army Trilogy brings undead Hitler to your PS4 and Xbox One ... trademark killcam as players butcher undead soldiers and other assorted occult types. «VG247, Jan 15»

Haunted house offers Zombie Santa and undead elves, for charity

A Nashville-area haunted house is getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend, with Zombie Santa, his undead elves and one demonic reindeer going on the ... «Chicago Tribune, Dec 14»

Keep the undead out of Folkestone: Unlikely zombie row infects …

In a letter to the Folkestone Herald, he wrote: “I played one of the zombies in the Shaun of the Dead movie and I, along with fellow cast members of the undead, ... «The Independent, Oct 14»

Zombie Olfaction: Smells Like Undead Spirit

Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek take on the neuroscience of the zombie brain in Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? (Princeton University Press ... «Utne Reader Online, Oct 14»

'Zombie Train' arms passengers against the undead

The Sierra Railroad Oakdale Zombie Train arms passengers with laser guns to shoot the undead hordes attacking the train during its two-hour ride. «UPI.com, Sep 14»