Definitions

perished

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 out of one's misery passed away pushing up daisies reposing resting in peace

Antonyms

STRONGEST

alive living

WEAK

continuing enduring existent existing live undead warm

ADJECTIVE

decayed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

addled ruined withered

STRONG

corroded decomposed moldered putrefied rank riddled rotted spoiled wasted

WEAK

bad carious carrion effete gangrenous overripe putrescent putrid

Antonyms

WEAK

developing flourishing germinating growing improving ripening

ADJECTIVE

fallen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

killed

STRONG

lost slain slaughtered

WEAK

casualty

Antonyms

WEAK

honorable honored lauded

ADJECTIVE

lost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dead obsolete wasted

STRONG

abolished annihilated bygone consumed demolished devastated dissipated eradicated exterminated forgotten frittered gone lapsed misspent misused obliterated past ruined squandered wrecked

WEAK

out-of-date unremembered wiped-out

Antonyms

STRONG

current present repaired saved

WEAK

accomplishing alive attentive aware cognizant existent existing found living successful winning

ADJECTIVE

nonexistent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absent negative tenuous vacant

WEAK

airy baseless blank chimerical dead defunct departed dreamlike dreamy empty ethereal extinct extinguished fancied few and far between flimsy gone gossamery groundless hallucinatory hypothetical illusory imaginary imagined immaterial imponderable insubstantial legendary lost missing mythical null null and void passed away passed on shadowy ungrounded unreal unsubstantial vague vaporous void without foundation

Antonyms

WEAK

actual existent existing real true

ADJECTIVE

rotten

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corrupt disgusting moldy noxious overripe putrid rancid rotting sour spoiled stale

WEAK

bad bad-smelling corroded crumbled crumbling decomposed decomposing disintegrated disintegrating fecal feculent festering fetid foul gross infected loathsome loud mephitic moldering noisome offensive polluted purulent pustular putrescent putrified rank smelling stinking strong tainted touched unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh good helpful perfumed pleasant pure sweet wholesome

WEAK

decent honest kind moral new nice superior trustworthy uncorrupt undecayed

Example Sentences

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A helpful map of the globe points out notoriously treacherous waters, including those off the southern tip of South America, where countless sailors have perished in the turbulent seas around Cape Horn.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

A pocket watch received by the Carpathia's Captain Arthur Rostron, from the wealthy widow of one of those aboard who perished, sold at auction in 2024 for a record-breaking £1.56m.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Official records list disease as the cause of death for most of the boys who perished.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

One of them was Semele, mother of Dionysus, who perished before the unveiled glory of Zeus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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