DEAD
/diːd/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 6
Definition
- adverb quickly and without warning.
— synonyms: abruptly, suddenly, short
- adverb completely and without qualification.
— synonyms: absolutely, perfectly, utterly
- noun people who are no longer living.
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense.
- adjective no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
- adjective not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life.
- adjective very tired.
— synonyms: all_in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
- adjective unerringly accurate.
- adjective physically inactive.
- adjective (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity.
— synonyms: dead(p), numb(p)
- adjective devoid of physical sensation.
— synonyms: deadened
- adjective lacking acoustic resonance.
- adjective not yielding a return.
— synonyms: idle
- adjective not circulating or flowing.
— synonyms: dead(a), stagnant
- adjective not surviving in active use.
- adjective lacking resilience or bounce.
- adjective out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown.
- adjective no longer having force or relevance.
- adjective the complete stoppage of an action.
— synonyms: dead(a)
- adjective drained of electric charge.
— synonyms: drained
- adjective devoid of activity.
Examples
- “Have respect for the dead.”
- “The dead of night. The dead of winter.”
- “All of my grandparents are dead.”
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