zom·bie (z m b )n. 1. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States. 2. a. A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse. b. A corpse revived in this way. 3. One who looks or behaves like an automaton. 4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice. [Caribbean French and English Creole, from Kimbundu -zumbi, ghost, departed spirit.] |
zombie, zombi [ˈzɒmbɪ]
n pl -bies, -bis
1. a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a supernatural spirit that reanimates a dead body
3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a corpse brought to life in this manner
4. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the snake god of voodoo cults in the West Indies, esp Haiti, and in scattered areas of the southern US
5. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the python god revered in parts of West Africa
6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a piece of computer code that instructs an infected computer to send a virus on to other computer systems
[from Kongo zumbi good-luck fetish]
zombiism n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  zombie - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural forcedead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" |
| 2. | zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | |
| 3. |  zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | |
| 4. |  zombie - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual | |
| 5. |  zombie - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueurrum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass |
Translations
zombie
n
(lit: = revived corpse) → Zombie m
(fig) → Idiot(in) m(f) (inf), → Schwachkopf m (inf); like zombies/a zombie → wie im Tran; that new hairstyle makes her look a complete zombie → mit der neuen Frisur sieht sie total bescheuert or bekloppt aus (inf)
zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] n → zombie m/f inv
like a zombie → come uno zombie
zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] n → zombie m/f inv
like a zombie → come uno zombie
like a zombie → come uno zombie
zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] n → zombie m/f inv
like a zombie → come uno zombie
n zombie [ˈzombi]
a slow-moving person of very little intelligence. zombie إنْسان بَطيء الحَرَكَة وقَليل الذَّكاء зомби trouba zombie; en levende død das Zombie άνθρωπος αποβλακωμένος zombi zombi آدمی که ظاهراً از هشیاری کامل برخوردار نیست idiootti imbécile זוֹמבִי, מֵת מֵהָלְך अजगर, देवता, जिन tup i trom čovjek unalmas ember, tök mayat hidup, orang bebal sombí, uppvakningur, dauðyfli (scimunito) のろま 좀비 bukagalvis, stuobrys aitasgalva zombi levend lijk dorsk/undermåls person tuman palerma imbecil зомби hlupák, trúba klada zombi zombie คนโง่ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) canlı cenaze 呆子 зомбі; кретин ٹھس ، بے حس آدمی người sống dở chết dở 傻瓜
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