shambled
Walked like zombies
Shambled is the past tense of shamble, meaning to walk with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait—dragging the feet rather than lifting them cleanly: He shambled across the room in his bathrobe.
The word suggests weariness, age, or physical difficulty.
Zombies in horror films characteristically shamble toward their victims.
Mixed into disorder
- staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced
- lurchedMoved with sudden unsteadiness
- hobbledWalked lamely
- limpedWalked favoring one side
tottered · stumbled · lumbered · trudged · plodded · dragged · slouched · faltered
Untidy in appearance
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
- rundownQuick overview of facts
neglected · crumbling · tumbledown · rickety · shabby · unkempt · tattered · worn
shuffled
Mixed into disorder
limped · tottered · stumbled · lumbered · trudged · plodded · dragged · slouched · faltered · wobbled
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
rundown · neglected · crumbling · tumbledown · rickety · shabby · unkempt · tattered · worn · battered
wandered
Moved without fixed course
ambled · moseyed · dawdled · rambled · traipsed · loitered · sauntered · directionless · purposeless · listless
undead
Deceased yet animate
groaning · rotting · decayed · reanimated · horde · apocalypse · mindless · ghoulish · infected · horror