feel like death
Severely physically awful
To feel like death is to feel extremely unwell—exhausted, sick, or hungover to the point of barely functioning.
The phrase captures that state where even basic movement feels like too much effort: I had the flu last week and felt like death for three days.
Sometimes intensified to feel like death warmed over, suggesting a corpse reanimated but not improved.
- lifelessnessQuality of having no animation
- zombifiedMade undead and mindless
- moribundNear death, failing
- despairTotal absence of hope
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
malaise · hopelessness · pallid · nausea · grief · hollow · feverishness · drained · anxiety · numbness · dizziness · ghostly · depression · weakness · burnout · run-down · lethargy · warmed over
feel like deathin the pink
Excellent health state
fit as a fiddle · right as rain · hale and hearty · in tip-top shape · healthy as a horse
feel like deathfull of life
Energetic and animated
full of energy · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · raring to go · energized · invigorated
feel like deathon top of the world
Supremely pleased with life
on cloud nine · over the moon · walking on air · in high spirits · happy as a clam
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