feeling like death
Completely physically devastated
Feeling like death describes extreme physical misery—severe illness, brutal hangover, or utter exhaustion.
The phrase captures a state where the body feels so wretched that death seems a plausible comparison: I had the flu last week and spent three days feeling like death.
Sometimes intensified to feeling like death warmed over, suggesting a corpse inadequately revived.
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- sick as a dogExtremely unwell, emphatically so
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
dizziness · lifeless · drained · feverishness · hollow · morbid · grief · numbness · aches · dread · ghostly · chills · emptiness · anxiety · breathlessness · pallor · out of it · wiped out
feeling like deathfit as a fiddle
In excellent physical condition
in the pink · right as rain · hale and hearty · healthy as a horse · in tip-top shape
feeling like deathfull of life
Energetic and animated
alive and kicking · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · raring to go · full of beans · energized
feeling, feel, felt, like, liked, liking, likeness, unlike, likely