Is there an adjective for someone who looks like a vampire(sic)?
I'm describing what an opiate addict looks like before recovery. Instead of saying "he looked like a vampire," I'd like to say something like "he looked [vampiric]."
I actually just found out vampiric was a word, but I want something that sounds better (more colloquial/natural, I suppose) and covers a variety of traits (pale, emaciated, sickly, etc).
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I'm describing what an opiate addict looks like before recovery. Instead of saying "he looked like a vampire," I'd like to say something like "he looked [vampiric]."
I actually just found out vampiric was a word, but I want something that sounds better (more colloquial/natural, I suppose) and covers a variety of traits (pale, emaciated, sickly, etc).
single-word-requests adjectives
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It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago
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I'm describing what an opiate addict looks like before recovery. Instead of saying "he looked like a vampire," I'd like to say something like "he looked [vampiric]."
I actually just found out vampiric was a word, but I want something that sounds better (more colloquial/natural, I suppose) and covers a variety of traits (pale, emaciated, sickly, etc).
single-word-requests adjectives
asked 3 hours ago
njbootnjboot
3,44511839
I'm describing what an opiate addict looks like before recovery. Instead of saying "he looked like a vampire," I'd like to say something like "he looked [vampiric]."
I actually just found out vampiric was a word, but I want something that sounds better (more colloquial/natural, I suppose) and covers a variety of traits (pale, emaciated, sickly, etc).
single-word-requests adjectives
single-word-requests adjectives
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njbootnjboot
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njbootnjboot
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njbootnjboot
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njbootnjboot
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njbootnjboot
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It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago
add a comment |
1
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago
1
1
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago
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People who dress in the aesthetic of the goth subculture would likely be pleased to be deemed they look like a vampire. To your more detailed case to describe drug addicts, my sense is it may fit to some but not all addicts; for the ones that it doesn't really describe there is heroin chic.
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I'd suggest cadaverous.
From Merriam-Webster.com:
1a : of or relating to a corpse
b : suggestive of corpses or tombs
2a : PALLID, LIVID
b :
GAUNT, EMACIATED grossly underweight
answered 2 hours ago
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For something often used to describe people and not an analogy like ghoulish or vampiric or cadaverous:
pallid - very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive
answered 11 mins ago
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I'd like to say something like "he looked scraggy."
scraggy TFD
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
answered 31 mins ago
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Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
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People who dress in the aesthetic of the goth subculture would likely be pleased to be deemed they look like a vampire. To your more detailed case to describe drug addicts, my sense is it may fit to some but not all addicts; for the ones that it doesn't really describe there is heroin chic.
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People who dress in the aesthetic of the goth subculture would likely be pleased to be deemed they look like a vampire. To your more detailed case to describe drug addicts, my sense is it may fit to some but not all addicts; for the ones that it doesn't really describe there is heroin chic.
answered 2 hours ago
user662852user662852
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People who dress in the aesthetic of the goth subculture would likely be pleased to be deemed they look like a vampire. To your more detailed case to describe drug addicts, my sense is it may fit to some but not all addicts; for the ones that it doesn't really describe there is heroin chic.
answered 2 hours ago
user662852user662852
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People who dress in the aesthetic of the goth subculture would likely be pleased to be deemed they look like a vampire. To your more detailed case to describe drug addicts, my sense is it may fit to some but not all addicts; for the ones that it doesn't really describe there is heroin chic.
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I'd suggest cadaverous.
From Merriam-Webster.com:
1a : of or relating to a corpse
b : suggestive of corpses or tombs
2a : PALLID, LIVID
b :
GAUNT, EMACIATED grossly underweight
answered 2 hours ago
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I'd suggest cadaverous.
From Merriam-Webster.com:
1a : of or relating to a corpse
b : suggestive of corpses or tombs
2a : PALLID, LIVID
b :
GAUNT, EMACIATED grossly underweight
answered 2 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
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I'd suggest cadaverous.
From Merriam-Webster.com:
1a : of or relating to a corpse
b : suggestive of corpses or tombs
2a : PALLID, LIVID
b :
GAUNT, EMACIATED grossly underweight
answered 2 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
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I'd suggest cadaverous.
From Merriam-Webster.com:
1a : of or relating to a corpse
b : suggestive of corpses or tombs
2a : PALLID, LIVID
b :
GAUNT, EMACIATED grossly underweight
answered 2 hours ago
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For something often used to describe people and not an analogy like ghoulish or vampiric or cadaverous:
pallid - very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive
answered 11 mins ago
steveslivastevesliva
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For something often used to describe people and not an analogy like ghoulish or vampiric or cadaverous:
pallid - very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive
answered 11 mins ago
steveslivastevesliva
3,9881217
add a comment |
For something often used to describe people and not an analogy like ghoulish or vampiric or cadaverous:
pallid - very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive
answered 11 mins ago
steveslivastevesliva
3,9881217
For something often used to describe people and not an analogy like ghoulish or vampiric or cadaverous:
pallid - very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive
answered 11 mins ago
steveslivastevesliva
3,9881217
answered 11 mins ago
steveslivastevesliva
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answered 11 mins ago
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I'd like to say something like "he looked scraggy."
scraggy TFD
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
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Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
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I'd like to say something like "he looked scraggy."
scraggy TFD
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
add a comment |
I'd like to say something like "he looked scraggy."
scraggy TFD
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
I'd like to say something like "he looked scraggy."
scraggy TFD
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
answered 31 mins ago
lbflbf
19.6k22370
19.6k22370
Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
add a comment |
Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
Typically vampires don’t look scraggy. Dracula in particular is depicted usually as being well dressed with slicked back hair.
– Laurel
19 mins ago
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It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
2 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
2 hours ago