death warmed over
Looking terribly ill
Death warmed over describes someone who looks exhausted, sickly, or terrible—as if death itself had been reheated and served up: You look like death warmed over. Did you sleep at all?
The phrase suggests not just tiredness but a corpse-like pallor or general wretchedness.
British English prefers "death warmed up."
- drainedEmptied of resources
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- gauntLean from deprivation
- paleLacking color intensity
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
fatigued · moribund · ghastly · listless · revenant · sluggish · bedraggled · resurrected · lethargic · lifeless · enervated · wan · white as a sheet · sickly · run-down · spectral · weary · despondent
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
- death idiomskick the bucket, six feet under, deadbeat, deadpan, bought the farm
death warmed overglowing
Giving off steady light
radiant · healthy · rosy-cheeked · fresh-faced · vibrant
death warmed overfull of life
Energetic and animated
alive and kicking · full of beans · lively · energetic · vital
death warmed overon top of the world
Supremely pleased with life
like a million bucks · fresh as a daisy · fighting fit · right as rain · in fine fettle
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