[
UK
/ɹˈɛvənənt/
]
NOUN
- someone who has returned from the dead
- a person who returns after a lengthy absence
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to or typical of a revenant
revenant shrieks and groans -
coming back
a revenant ghost
How To Use revenant In A Sentence
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- So a revenant returns only to steal away again with another?
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- It is squarely in the tradition of Japanese ghost stories, where revenants deal out cruel and inexplicable vengeance for obscure reasons.
- On the other hand, vampires and werewolves are allocated an entry, and so are revenants, on the basis of Scandinavian material.
- If being a vampire was a world of cold punctuated by brief moments of warmth at feeding time, being a revenant was a world of ice with no relief. Crossed
- Revenant: The difference between a gentleman and a "troglodyte" isn't that the former respects women and the latter doesn't. Guilt-tripping parents into getting plastic surgery for their kids.
- Comedies about revenants are a relatively recent English subgenre.
- She has interpreted some stories in her repertoire in accordance with her Christian faith, notably stories about revenants, evil spirits, and magic.
- In parts of south-eastern and central Europe, the experience also has associations with revenants and members of the living dead such as the vampire.