alienlike

English

Etymology

From alien +‎ -like.

Adjective

alienlike (comparative more alienlike, superlative most alienlike)

  1. (science fiction) Resembling or characteristic of an alien.
    • 2009 July 14, Melena Ryzik, “Curtain Down, Light the Lights!”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      On the screen there was this creepy image: a giant head, mouth agape, with clawing hands reaching out of it, alienlike, toward the figure of a girl.
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