torpid sluggish; slow and dull; lethargic; apathetic.
macabre literally, dance of death; grim; horrible; gruesome.
invidiously inciting ill will, odium, or envy.
laconic brief or terse in speech or expression.
furtive stealthy; sneaky; surreptitious.
wraith ghost; the spectral figure of a person seen as a premonition of death.
