out of one's misery

ADJECTIVE

dead

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 passed away perished pushing up daisies reposing resting in peace

Antonyms

STRONGEST

alive living

WEAK

continuing enduring existent existing live undead warm

Example Sentences

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out of one's misery

Go and have it out with the dad, and get out of one’s misery.

From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles