zombie
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈzɑm.bi/
- Offensive
:
zombi
- I asked Dad when he got home that evening why Grandpa looked like a zombie, huddled on the sofa.
And you can be a walking zombie in the first week.
- And you can be a walking zombie in the first week.
Examples
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I remember walking around like a zombie because I never had a night's sleep.
Fiction book (1994) -
She should have just canceled instead of walking around like a zombie.
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Bob walks through the city like a zombie, eyes fixed forward.
Fiction book (1991) -
He's been standing there like a zombie all day.
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Kind of just wandered around like a zombie.
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The child who came home from school was a sullen little zombie, going through the motions of life.
Fiction book (1994) -
Stewart takes out a comb and drags it, dazed and zombie-like, through his wet hair.
Fiction book (1993) -
After staying up all night studying, he felt like a zombie during the exam.
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Walking through the empty street, she moved like a zombie, lost in her thoughts.
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The exhaustion from working overtime left him acting like a zombie at the meeting.
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who acts without feeling or thought, like a robot
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8.2
A person who is very tired and cannot think or pay attention
A person who moves and acts without interest or thought
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores people and things around them
- Offensive
A person who looks at their phone and ignores their surroundings while walking
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zombie comes from Caribbean words such as zombi for a 'spirit' or someone controlled by others, so calling a very tired or blank person a zombie gives the image of someone moving without feeling or thought. That's why we use zombie for people who act like living machines.