Meanings
plural dementors
- An evil and fearsome creature.
[…] it was protection against the anorexic dementor standing in front of me.
2008, The Godmother, Carrie Adams, page 2422 more examples
[…] and by which a certain Rabbi, who was once annoyed by a demon that came to him in the shape of a woman, got rid of his dementor.
1850, A pilgrimage to the land of my fathers, page 423Diana needed to reconcile the Alric of now who pressed warm kisses to her temple, who touched her with such gentleness and showed her that he would protect her with his life, with the rage-filled dementor of her nightmares, the Alric she feared was still under the surface.
2009, Dark Immortal, J.K. Coi, page 172
Origin
From dement + -or. Repopularized by the Harry Potter series.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 摄魂怪
- 摄魂怪 (shèhúnguài)evil and fearsome creature
Czech mozkomor
- mozkomorevil and fearsome creature
Finnish ankeuttaja
- ankeuttajaevil and fearsome creature
Hungarian dementor
- dementorevil and fearsome creature
Indonesian iblis
- iblisevil and fearsome creature
Norwegian Bokmål desperant
- desperantevil and fearsome creature
Portuguese dementador
- dementadorevil and fearsome creature
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dementor
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Cite this entry
dementor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dementor
“dementor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dementor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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