zombifying
Turning into corpse-walkers
Zombifying means turning someone or something into a zombie—either literally in horror fiction, or figuratively reducing them to a mindless, will-less state.
The word often describes things that dull the mind or drain vitality: zombifying television, the zombifying effects of the medication.
Work, routines, or institutions that strip away autonomy get called zombifying: the zombifying grind of corporate life.
Restoration of life
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
- soullessLacking spirit or feeling
decomposing · cadaverous · necromancy · horde · outbreak · infected · ghoulish · rotting
Causing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- soul-crushingDestroying one's inner spirit
monotonous · mind-numbing · lobotomizing · glazed · vacant · automaton · robotic · mechanical
Evoking extreme fear
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- chillingCausing fear or cold
haunting · dread · spine-tingling · bloodcurdling · unnerving · eerie · sinister · ominous
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- spreadingExtending over space
transmission · epidemic · pathogen · mutation · carrier · quarantine · incubation · plague
reanimation
Restoration of life
soulless · decomposing · cadaverous · necromancy · horde · outbreak · infected · ghoulish · rotting · groaning
numbing
Causing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- stupefyingCausing mental paralysis
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
soul-crushing · monotonous · mind-numbing · lobotomizing · glazed · vacant · automaton · robotic · mechanical · lifeless
terrifying
Evoking extreme fear
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
chilling · haunting · dread · spine-tingling · bloodcurdling · unnerving · eerie · sinister · ominous · grotesque
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
spreading · transmission · epidemic · pathogen · mutation · carrier · quarantine · incubation · plague · contamination
zombifyingrevitalizing
Restoring strength or energy
energizing · invigorating · enlivening · animating · vitalizing
zombifyingstimulating
Arousing interest or energy
engaging · thought-provoking · awakening · activating · captivating
zombifyingempowering
Giving authority or confidence
liberating · emancipating · freeing · consciousness-raising · inspiring