zombielike

adjective

as in ghostlike

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Recent Examples of zombielike As Violette has suggested more than once, these images have a zombielike quality, and the reanimation of the dead is always a horror story. — Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zombielike
  1. ghostlike
  2. ghostly
  3. nonexistent
Adjective
  • Diners have toasted to him ever since, trading stories of feeling ghostlike brushes along their legs during Lowcountry meals.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of ghostlike
Adjective
  • When Brolin’s voice takes on a ghostly presence inside the whale, the emotional insistence grows louder without becoming more persuasive.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
  • As the 1986 return approached, people who remembered that earlier appearance likely told their children and grandchildren about being awakened before dawn and taken outside to see a huge, ghostly, gleaming object in the sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghostly
Adjective
  • Dark greens represent the strongest signal, yellows represent a weaker signal, and grays represent a very weak or nonexistent signal.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In comments shared on social media, many claimed her face appeared frozen and motionless, her expressions nonexistent.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of nonexistent

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“Zombielike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zombielike. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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