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dead to the world

ADJECTIVE
comatose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
senseless
WEAK
cold dead dopey drowsy drugged hebetudinous inconscious insensible lethargic out out cold out to lunch sleepy sluggish slumberous somnolent soporose stupefied stupid stuporous torpid vegged out
Antonyms
WEAK
alert awake conscious
ADJECTIVE
passed out
Synonyms
WEAK
anesthetized asleep blacked out comatose knocked out out cold out like a light
ADJECTIVE
plastered
Synonyms
STRONG
bashed blitzed bombed buzzed crocked flushed flying fried gone inebriated lit loaded pissed polluted potted sauced sloshed stewed stoned tanked totaled wasted
WEAK
boozed up dead drunk drunk as a skunk drunken feeling good feeling no pain groggy half in the bag half-crocked high hooched up juiced liquored up schnockered seeing double three sheets to the wind tipsy under the influence under-the-table woozy zonked
ADJECTIVE
unawake
Synonyms
WEAK
asleep conked crashed dozing dreaming fast inactive inert napping out like a light snoozing sound unconscious
ADJECTIVE
unconscious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comatose paralyzed senseless
STRONG
cold out raving
WEAK
benumbed blacked out bombed drowsy entranced feeling no pain flattened in a trance inanimate inert insensate insensible knocked lethargic numb on the canvas out like a light palsied passed out put away stunned stupefied swooning torpid tranced zonked
Antonyms
WEAK
awake aware conscious decided intended intentional knowing

Example Sentences

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“It’s the reverse of you, the depression. You’ve got to start almost from zero, because you’re just dead to the world ... your desire for anything, everything’s gone. You’ve got to build yourself up again.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019

It appealed to me and my friends because our generation is so dead to the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 10 o'clock Grandma is ready for bed: "The minute my head hits the pillow I'm dead to the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

While he was on a recent trip to New York City, the janitor of Manhattan's Riverside Church was amazed to come upon him stretched out, dead to the world, on one of the pews.

From Time Magazine Archive

He’s still very much dead to the world.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone