deathlike
Still as death
Deathlike describes something resembling death or a dead body: a deathlike stillness, her deathlike pallor.
The word suggests an absence of vitality, motion, or warmth—qualities associated with corpses.
A deathlike sleep is so deep it mimics death; a deathlike silence is unnervingly complete.
Pale, grayish-white
- paleLacking color intensity
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- colorlessDevoid of pigmentation
bloodless · blanched · chalky · waxy · sallow · ghastly · cadaverous · gaunt
Lacking all movement
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- unmovingLacking any motion
- staticWithout motion or change
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
suspended · immobile · stationary · rigid · stiff · paralyzed · catatonic · torpid
Eerily beyond normal
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
chilling · sepulchral · tomblike · hollow · unnerving · sinister · ominous · foreboding
Not alive, never was
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- expiredNo longer in effect
- unanimatedNot given life
- coldLow temperature state
stiff · corpselike · unresponsive · vacant · empty · hollow · extinguished · spiritless
ashen
Pale, grayish-white
colorless · bloodless · blanched · chalky · waxy · sallow · ghastly · cadaverous · gaunt · haggard
motionless
Lacking all movement
frozen · suspended · immobile · stationary · rigid · stiff · paralyzed · catatonic · torpid · dormant
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
haunting · chilling · sepulchral · tomblike · hollow · unnerving · sinister · ominous · foreboding · eldritch
inanimate
Not alive, never was
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- expiredNo longer in effect
- unanimatedNot given life
cold · stiff · corpselike · unresponsive · vacant · empty · hollow · extinguished · spiritless · soulless
funereal
Gloomily solemn in manner
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- somberGravely serious in mood
- lugubriousExaggeratedly mournful in manner
melancholy · dismal · gloomy · morose · bleak · doleful · dreary · dark · grave · solemn