zombie-likehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zombie-like_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezombie-like, adj. & adv.
Revised 2021

zombie-likeadjective & adverb

  1. adjective
    1. 1932–
      Characteristic of or resembling (that of) a zombie; lifeless, unfeeling.
      1. 1932
        He drew a picture of Mr. Barnes..and referred to his Zombie-like administration when Treasurer.
        Brisbane Courier 29 October 12/8
      2. 1975
        White Brian is a zombie-like boy who wanders unseeing and unseen through life.
        Publishers Weekly 10 February 57/3
      3. 2005
        Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, reduces victims to a zombie-like state.
        Metro (Toronto) 15 July 12/5
  2. adverb
    1. 1941–
      In a manner resembling (that of) a zombie.
      1. 1941
        Zombi-like moved the life of the city under moonlight.
        Panama City (Florida) News Herald 8 June 3/5
      2. 1990
        Already mired in gloom and confusion, he forgot a scheduled lunch in his honor, and, later, while reeling zombielike through a dinner, he lost his $25,000 prize check.
        St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 9 September 7d
      3. 2003
        He moves, zombielike and isolated, through the house.
        A. Greenwald, Nothing feels Good ii. vii. 92

Originally published as part of the entry for zombie, n.

zombie-like, adj. & adv. was revised in September 2021.

zombie-like, adj. & adv. was last modified in July 2023.