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zombielike

zombielike

1 7.7
Looking or moving like a tired, lifeless person
  • adjective
  • /ˈzɑmbiˌlaɪk/
translation icon : zombificado
  • and let's admit... dizzy... he could smoke an ounce a week and not look quite so zombielike, and no one is hung over that bad who has as much to do as he does (or what you let him do, at least)...

Examples

  • -[zombielike grunting]

    The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)

  • After the long meeting, she felt zombielike and struggled to keep her eyes open.

  • The old robot moved in a zombielike manner, lacking any signs of life or enthusiasm.

  • He spoke in a zombielike voice, showing no interest in the conversation around him.

Synonyms

dead
vszombielike
248 1.0

Still and quiet, without movement or life, like water

emphasizes literal stillness rather than automatic movement or blank expression
like a zombie
vszombielike
  • Informal
6 8.4

Moving slowly and not fully aware because you are very tired

focuses more on lifelessness and lack of expression rather than inner absorption
zombified
vszombielike
1 8.2

Feeling very tired and moving slowly with little energy

is more general, not stressing slowness or mechanical manner
trancelike
vszombielike
1 7.4

You are very still and not aware of things around you

is more outwardly lifeless and automatic rather than inwardly absorbed
deathlike
vszombielike
1 8.6

Pale and motionless like someone who is dead

focuses more on automatic movement and blank expression rather than merely stillness
corpselike
vszombielike
1 9.1

Looks very pale and still like a dead person

emphasizes still, body-like appearance rather than automatic movement or blank expression
robotlike
vszombielike
6.8

Acting like a machine without feeling or choice

is more about lifelessness and low energy than mechanical precision

Antonyms

expressive
41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

animated
30 3.7

Being full of life and energy

How Zombielike

lifeless
8 4.4
inert
7 5.5
zombielike
1 7.7
listless
12 6.1
sluggish
30 3.9

Surface Forms

zombielike positive

Morphology

zombielike = zombie (transparent) = zombie + like

The adjective is a straightforward formation from 'zombie' + '-like', meaning 'resembling a zombie', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word zombielike comes from zombie + -like, and zombie came into English from West African and Haitian words for a 'dead' or 'spirit' person who could be made to move again. A helpful way to remember it is that -like means 'similar to', so zombielike means 'similar to a zombie', that is, 'lifeless', 'automatic', or 'without energy'.