40 Halloween Vocabulary Words & Phrases
Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31st. It's a festival of candies, costumes, ghostly decorations and spooky tales, enjoyed across many parts of the world. Here is a collection of Halloween vocabulary words for children to teach them what Halloween is all about.
Halloween Vocabulary Words & Phrases
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1. All Hallows Eve - All Hallows' Eve is the traditional name for Halloween, which is celebrated on October 31st each year.
2. Apparition - the spirit of a dead person appearing in a form that can be seen
3. Autumn - the season of the year between summer and winter
4. Banshee - a female spirit in traditional Irish stories whose crying sound tells you that someone in your family is going to die
5. Black cat - According to folklore, black cats are said to have supernatural powers, and witches often keep them as pets.
6. Bloodcurdling - causing a feeling of extreme fear
7. Bogeyman - A bogeyman is an imaginary evil spirit. Some parents tell their children that the bogeyman will catch them if they behave badly.
8. Boo - a sound you make to frighten or surprise somebody
9. Broomstick - a broom with a long handle and small thin sticks at the end, or the handle of a broom. In stories, witches ride through the air on broomsticks.
10. Casket - a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated
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11. Cauldron - A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
12. Cemetery - an area of ground in which dead bodies are buried
13. Cloak - a type of coat that has no arms, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders, worn especially in the past
14. Coffin - a long box in which the body of a dead person is buried or burned
15. Corpse - a dead body, usually of a person
16. Creepy - causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or slight horror
17. Demon - an evil spirit
18. Disguise - to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you
19. Eerie - strange in a frightening and mysterious way
20. Fangs - Fangs are the two long, sharp, upper teeth that some animals have.
21. Fiend - a very cruel or unpleasant person
22. Ghostly - Something that is ghostly seems unreal or unnatural and may be frightening because of this.
23. Ghoul - an evil spirit that eats dead bodies
24. Goblin - (in stories) a small ugly creature that likes to trick people or cause trouble
25. Graveyard - a place, often next to a church, where dead people are buried
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26. Howl - If an animal such as a wolf or a dog howls, it makes a long, loud, crying sound.
27. Jack-o'-lantern - a light made from a hollow pumpkin with holes cut into the sides like the eyes and mouth of a person's face, inside which there is a candle
28. Mummy - the dead body of a person or animal which has been kept by rubbing it with special oils and covering it in cloth
29. Nightmare - a frightening or unpleasant dream
30. Phantom - the spirit of a dead person that is seen or heard by somebody who is still living
31. Pumpkin - A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable with a thick skin.
32. Scythe - A scythe is a tool with a long curved blade at right angles to a long handle.
33. Skeleton - the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal
34. Trick or treat - Trick or treat is an activity in which children knock on the doors of houses at Halloween and shout 'trick or treat'. If the person who answers the door does not give the children a treat, such as sweets or candy, they play a trick on him or her.
35. Wand - a straight, thin stick that is held by somebody when performing magic or magic tricks
36. Warlock - a man who is believed to have magic powers, especially evil ones
37. Werewolf - someone who, in stories, changes into a wolf at the time of the full moon
38. Witch - a person (especially a woman) who is credited with having usually malignant supernatural powers
39. Wizard - (in stories) a man who is believed to have magic powers
40. Zombie - In horror stories and some religions, a zombie is a dead person who has been brought back to life.
