like death warmed over
Barely alive appearance
Like death warmed over describes someone who looks extremely ill, exhausted, or haggard—as if death itself had been reheated but not revived: After three days with the flu, she looked like death warmed over.
The phrase emphasizes visible physical deterioration, often from sickness, hangover, or severe fatigue.
British English prefers "warmed up."
- illIn poor health
- moribundNear death, failing
- poorlyIn an inferior way
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
bedraggled · corpse-like · unwell · cadaverous · walking dead · half-dead · sallow · white as a sheet · wan · haggard · drawn · rundown · under the weather · gaunt · ghostly · debilitated · dead tired · dead on one's feet
like death warmed overlike a million dollars
Feeling supremely confident and attractive
in the pink · radiant · glowing · fresh-faced · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
like death warmed overon top of the world
Supremely pleased with life
like a million dollars · alive and kicking · right as rain · fit as a fiddle · full of beans
death, warmed, likeness, likely, likelihood, likewise, likable, deathly, deadly