zombielike

/ˈzɒmbiˌlaɪk/

ADJECTIVE

1. Lifeless and lacking vitality

Resembling a zombie in appearance or condition, especially by seeming lifeless, motionless, or devoid of normal human vitality.

1.1. Lacking life or vitality

Describes a person, expression, or appearance that seems lifeless, devoid of energy, or lacking signs of normal human vitality.

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  • The deserted streets of the ghost town felt even more unsettling as shadows cast by the moon made everything appear zombielike.
  • The eerie silence in the haunted house was occasionally disrupted by zombielike moans.

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1.2. Exhausted and moving mechanically

Describes someone who appears extremely tired, moves slowly, or behaves without energy or awareness, as though functioning automatically.

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  • After the long night of studying, her fatigue made her movements slow and zombielike.
  • The commuters, still half-asleep and moving in a zombielike trance, filled the early morning train.

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1.3. Vacant and expressionless

Describes a facial expression or demeanor that appears blank, vacant, or devoid of emotion and conscious engagement.

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  • The monotony of the repetitive task left him with a vacant, zombielike expression on his face.
  • She stared at the television with a zombielike expression, barely reacting to what was happening.

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  • stare
  • blank expression
  • detachment
  • apathy
  • indifference
  • numbness