evil spirit

/ˌivəl ˌspɪrɪt/

/ˈivəl ˈspɪrɪt/

Other forms: evil spirits

Definitions of evil spirit

1. noun

   a spirit tending to cause harm
   examples:

   Mephistopheles

   evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul

   types:

   bad fairy

   a fairy that tends to cause harm

   bogey, bogie, bogy

   an evil spirit

   daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend

   an evil supernatural being

   cacodaemon, cacodemon

   an evil spirit

   ghoul

   an evil spirit or ghost

   goblin, hob, hobgoblin

   (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

   kelpie, kelpy

   (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders

   lamia, vampire

   (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

   incubus

   a male demon believed to visit people while they sleep and to consort with sleeping women

   succuba, succubus

   a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men

   dibbuk, dybbuk

   (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

   type of:

   disembodied spirit, spirit

   any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings