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dead

[ded] / dɛd /
ADJECTIVE
no longer alive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
buried deceased late lifeless unalive
STRONG
cold departed stiff
WEAK
asleep bereft of life bloodless bought the farm breathless cadaverous checked out cut off defunct done for erased expired extinct gone gone to meet maker gone to reward liquidated no more not existing offed out of one's misery passed away perished pushing up daisies reposing resting in peace
Antonyms
STRONGEST
alive living
WEAK
continuing enduring existent existing live undead warm
ADJECTIVE
physically or emotionally numb; insensitive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
asleep insensitive numb numbed unfeeling unresponsive
WEAK
anesthetized apathetic callous deadened frigid senseless spiritless torpid unanimated
Antonyms
WEAK
animated interested responsive sensitive spirited warm
ADJECTIVE
not working
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inoperative nonfunctional nonfunctioning
STRONG
defunct inactive kaput spent worn-out
WEAK
broken exhausted obsolete
Antonyms
STRONGEST
functional
WEAK
active functioning in operation operating operative responsive working
ADJECTIVE
without vitality; boring; dull
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boring flat spiritless unanimated uninteresting vapid wooden
STRONG
torpid
Antonyms
STRONGEST
animated interesting lively spirited warm
ADVERB
completely or exactly
Synonyms
STRONG
absolutely due right straight
WEAK
direct directly entirely exactly straightly undeviatingly wholly
Antonyms
STRONG
indirectly
WEAK
incompletely

Example Sentences

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Dancers strip an old flower seller of her cloak, revealing Catrina, the Keeper of the Dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

These and other mysteries scattered throughout “The Dead Room” are all part of a criminal conspiracy that Ms. McPherson reveals after some unnecessary digressions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“You feel like hell all the time. Dead on your feet, not sleeping well, just an awful feeling,” he said in a 2021 interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Or listen to a Grateful Dead show from May of ’77.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Dead Martians lie next to their abandoned tripod machines.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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