Is there an adjective for someone who looks like a vampire?
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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Laurel
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It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
11 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
10 hours ago
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Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
5 hours ago
Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
3 hours ago
sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
3 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
edited 7 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
single-word-requests adjectives
edited 7 hours ago
Laurel
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asked 11 hours ago
njbootnjboot
3,48311839
edited 7 hours ago
Laurel
31.9k660113
asked 11 hours ago
njbootnjboot
3,48311839
edited 7 hours ago
Laurel
31.9k660113
edited 7 hours ago
Laurel
31.9k660113
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Laurel
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31.9k660113
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njbootnjboot
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asked 11 hours ago
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
11 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
10 hours ago
4
Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
5 hours ago
Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
3 hours ago
sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
3 hours ago
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show 1 more comment
2
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
11 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
10 hours ago
4
Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
5 hours ago
Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
3 hours ago
sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
3 hours ago
2
2
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
11 hours ago
It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
11 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
10 hours ago
@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
10 hours ago
4
4
Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
5 hours ago
Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
5 hours ago
Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
3 hours ago
Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
3 hours ago
sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
3 hours ago
sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
3 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
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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 11 hours ago
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"Vampiric" is the actual adjective to describe something (or someone) like a vampire.
According to https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vampiric:
Derived Forms
vampiric ( væmˈpɪrɪk ) or vampirish , adjective
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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 like Etiolated as a metaphorical adjective (describes a person as if they were a plant):
adjective
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
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gaunt - extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Dictionary.com
This more emphasises the skinny and haggard nature of their appearance - rather than the pale or sickliness - so you could combine two adjectives, like:
He looked pale and gaunt.
His gaunt and sickly appearance.
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There is always the tried and true "strung-out" or "cadaverous" or "corpselike" i like "he had the look of a worn and deflated pillowcase in need of a wash"
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Vampirical.
It means ‘like a vampire’.
You can say ‘he looked vampirical’.
It means ‘having the traits of a vampire’ or ‘like a vampire’
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vampirical
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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 8 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 8 hours 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 8 hours 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 8 hours ago
steveslivastevesliva
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answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 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 11 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 11 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 11 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
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"Vampiric" is the actual adjective to describe something (or someone) like a vampire.
According to https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vampiric:
Derived Forms
vampiric ( væmˈpɪrɪk ) or vampirish , adjective
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"Vampiric" is the actual adjective to describe something (or someone) like a vampire.
According to https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vampiric:
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vampiric ( væmˈpɪrɪk ) or vampirish , adjective
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"Vampiric" is the actual adjective to describe something (or someone) like a vampire.
According to https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vampiric:
Derived Forms
vampiric ( væmˈpɪrɪk ) or vampirish , adjective
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"Vampiric" is the actual adjective to describe something (or someone) like a vampire.
According to https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vampiric:
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vampiric ( væmˈpɪrɪk ) or vampirish , adjective
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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 11 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.
answered 11 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 like Etiolated as a metaphorical adjective (describes a person as if they were a plant):
adjective
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
answered 7 hours ago
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I like Etiolated as a metaphorical adjective (describes a person as if they were a plant):
adjective
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
answered 7 hours ago
JacobIRRJacobIRR
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I like Etiolated as a metaphorical adjective (describes a person as if they were a plant):
adjective
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
answered 7 hours ago
JacobIRRJacobIRR
1563
I like Etiolated as a metaphorical adjective (describes a person as if they were a plant):
adjective
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light.
answered 7 hours ago
JacobIRRJacobIRR
1563
answered 7 hours ago
JacobIRRJacobIRR
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gaunt - extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Dictionary.com
This more emphasises the skinny and haggard nature of their appearance - rather than the pale or sickliness - so you could combine two adjectives, like:
He looked pale and gaunt.
His gaunt and sickly appearance.
answered 1 hour ago
dwjohnstondwjohnston
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gaunt - extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Dictionary.com
This more emphasises the skinny and haggard nature of their appearance - rather than the pale or sickliness - so you could combine two adjectives, like:
He looked pale and gaunt.
His gaunt and sickly appearance.
answered 1 hour ago
dwjohnstondwjohnston
8,868105387
add a comment |
gaunt - extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Dictionary.com
This more emphasises the skinny and haggard nature of their appearance - rather than the pale or sickliness - so you could combine two adjectives, like:
He looked pale and gaunt.
His gaunt and sickly appearance.
answered 1 hour ago
dwjohnstondwjohnston
8,868105387
gaunt - extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
Dictionary.com
This more emphasises the skinny and haggard nature of their appearance - rather than the pale or sickliness - so you could combine two adjectives, like:
He looked pale and gaunt.
His gaunt and sickly appearance.
answered 1 hour ago
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There is always the tried and true "strung-out" or "cadaverous" or "corpselike" i like "he had the look of a worn and deflated pillowcase in need of a wash"
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There is always the tried and true "strung-out" or "cadaverous" or "corpselike" i like "he had the look of a worn and deflated pillowcase in need of a wash"
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There is always the tried and true "strung-out" or "cadaverous" or "corpselike" i like "he had the look of a worn and deflated pillowcase in need of a wash"
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There is always the tried and true "strung-out" or "cadaverous" or "corpselike" i like "he had the look of a worn and deflated pillowcase in need of a wash"
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Vampirical.
It means ‘like a vampire’.
You can say ‘he looked vampirical’.
It means ‘having the traits of a vampire’ or ‘like a vampire’
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vampirical
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Vampirical.
It means ‘like a vampire’.
You can say ‘he looked vampirical’.
It means ‘having the traits of a vampire’ or ‘like a vampire’
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vampirical
answered 48 mins ago
JelilaJelila
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Vampirical.
It means ‘like a vampire’.
You can say ‘he looked vampirical’.
It means ‘having the traits of a vampire’ or ‘like a vampire’
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vampirical
answered 48 mins ago
JelilaJelila
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Vampirical.
It means ‘like a vampire’.
You can say ‘he looked vampirical’.
It means ‘having the traits of a vampire’ or ‘like a vampire’
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vampirical
answered 48 mins ago
JelilaJelila
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It would require a little too much knowledge of pop culture, but how about Orlokian?
– Ian MacDonald
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@IanMacDonald that's really good. I wish I could use that.
– njboot
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Why don't you think "vampiric" sounds colloquial/natural enough?
– curiousdannii
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Emaciated? Sickly? Someone has never watched HBO's interpretation of True Blood.
– choster
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sengir should be it. (name of the first vampire from MTG)
– Mazura
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