Abacinate - To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone's eyes. v.
Acrimonious - Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous. adj.
Alcove - A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room. n.
Anathema - A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication; a vehement denunciation; a curse; one that is cursed or damned; one that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned. n.
Animosity - A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility. n.
Apothecary - A druggist; pharmacist. n.
Arcane - Known to only a few, esoteric. adj.
Ashen - Consisting of ashes; resembling ashes especially in color, pale. adj.
Aubade - A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak; a poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn. n.
Blood - The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells and platelets that is circulated by the heart in vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste away from all body tissues; a vital force, lifeblood. n.
Bludgeon - A short heavy club usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end. n. to hit with or as with a bludgeon; to threaten or bully. v.
Brutal - Extremely ruthless or cruel; crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. adj.
Catacomb - An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves. n.
Cathedral - The principal church of a bishop's diocese. n.
Cavalier - A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman; a mounted soldier; a knight.n. showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others; carefree and nonchalant; jaunty adj.
Cemetery - A place for burying the dead. n.
Cicatrix - A scar. n.
Cremate - To incinerate (a corpse). v.
Crematorium - A furnace or establishment for the incineration of corpses. n.
Crepuscular - Of or like twilight; glimmering; imperfectly luminous; dim; or active in the twilight. adj.
Crimson - A vivid purplish red. adj.
Crypt - An underground vault especially one used as a burial place. n.
Dead - Having lost life; no longer alive; marked for certain death; doomed. adj.
Death - The act of dying or a state of being dead; termination of life. n.
Desolate - Devoid of inhabitants, deserted; rendered unfit for habitation or use; dreary, dismal; lonely, forlorn. adj.
Dirge - A funeral song; a slow mournful piece of music. n.
Discombobulated - Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion. adj.
Dishabille - The state of being partially or very casually dressed; casual or lounging attire; an intentionally careless manner. n.
Despair - To lose all hope. v.
Disembody - To free (the soul or spirit) from the body. v.
Dread - To be in terror of; to anticipate with alarm, distaste or reluctance. v.
Drown - To die or kill by suffocating in water or another liquid. v.
Dungeon - A dark, often underground prison cell. n.
Dusk - The darker stage of twilight. n.
Dybbuk - In Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead person that enters and takes control of the body of a living person. n.
Enigmatic - Inexplicable, puzzling, or obscure.adj.
Ephemeral - Living or lasting for a markedly brief time.adj.
Esoteric - Intended for or understood by only a few. adj.
Funeral - The ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead; the procession accompanying the body to the grave. n.
Funereal - Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful. adj.
Gargoyle - A roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature. n.
Ghastly - Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying. adj.
Ghost - The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats; a demon or spirit. n.
Ghoul - One who delights in the revolting, morbid or loathsome; a grave robber; an evil spirit in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. n.
Gloom - Partial or total darkness; a state of melancholy or depression. n.
Gothic - Of the goths or their language, Germanic; medieval; of an architectural style prevalent in W. Europe from the 12th century through the 15th; of a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque and mysterious . adj.
Grave - An excavation for a burial; a place of burial. n.
Gruesome - Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking. adj.
Guillotine - A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead the victim below. n.
Horror - An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. n.
Immolate - To kill as a sacrifice; to kill oneself by fire; to destroy. v.
Impale - To pierce with or as if with a sharp point; to torture or kill by impaling. v.
Incinerate - To cause to burn to ashes. v.
Incipient - Beginning to appear or develop; only partly in existence; imperfectly formed. adj.
Insipid - Lacking in character and lively qualities; lacking excitement, stimulation, or interest; dull. adj.
Jihad - A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels; a crusade or struggle. n.
Lexicon - A dictionary. n.
Macabre - Suggesting the horror of death and decay, gruesome and ghastly. adj.
Magic(k) - The movement of natual energies (such as Personal Power) to create needed change (energy exists within all things- ourselves, plants, stones, colors, sounds, movements.) Magic(k) is the process of rousing or building up this energy, givig it purpose, and realeasing it; the practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or utilize or control events in nature; the charms, spells, and rituals so used; the exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring for entertainment. n.
Malevolent - Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious; having an evil or harmful influence. adj.
Malicious - Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful. adj.
Melancholy - Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom. n.
Midnight - The middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night. n.
Misanthrope - One who hates humankind. n.
Misery - Great physical or emotional suffering; an affliction or trial. n.
Morbid - Of or caused by disease; marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters; gruesome, grisly. adj.
Mordacious - Given to biting; biting; caustic; sarcastic. adj.
Morgue - A place in which the bodies of persons found dead are temporarily kept. n.
Morose - Sullenly melancholy, gloomy. adj.
Mortuary - Place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. n.
Nocturne - A painting of a night scene; an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especially one for the piano. n.
Noir - The French word for the color black. adj.
Omen - A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign. n.
Ossuary - A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead. n.
Pillage - To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder. v.
Plunder - To rob of goods by force especially in a time of war, pillage. v.
Raven - A large bird of black plumage and a croaking cry. n.; black and shiny. adj.
Repugnance - Extreme dislike or aversion. n.
Sanguine - Of the color of blood, red. adj.
Sarcophagus - A stone coffin. n.
Saucy - Impertinent or disrespectful. adj.
Sepulcher - A burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar. n.
Shackle - A metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive; something that confines or restrains. n.
Shroud - A cloth used to wrap a body for burial. n.
Sorcerer - One who practices sorcery; a wizard. n.
Sorcery - Use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft. n.
Terror - Intense, overpowering fear; the ability to instill intense fear; violence committed or threatened by a group to intimidate or coerce a population, as for military or political purposes. n.
Vampire - A reanimated corpse believe to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people; a person who preys on others; any various tropical American bats that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood. n.
Waif - A homeless or forsaken child; a stray animal. n.
Witch - A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan; a person who participates in the natural acts of magicks; a woman popularly believed to have supernatural powers and practice sorcery, and often believed to be aided by spirits or a familiar. n.
Witchcraft - Magic(k); sorcery; Wicca. n.
Witchery - The actual practice and methods of natural magicks; a sorceress or woman practicing the art of witchcraft or the general appearance of it; a presumed appearance or assumption of something supernatural. n.
Wizard - One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician. n.
Wolf - A carnivorous mammal, chiefly of northern regions, related to and resembling the dog; one regarded as predatory, rapacious and fierce. adj.
Wraith - An apparition of a living person; the ghost of a dead person. n.
This dictionary will be constantly undated. This is in no way a set list of "gothic" words, it is only my impression of dark and beautiful sounding & meaning words. If you have any suggestions of words that should be on this list, please email me and I will add them.