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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out-of-date unremembered wiped-out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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They had just dislodged Fred Holland and Walter Lees, who added 145 at The Oval in 1906, from the record books when Lawes perished.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 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

All three were airlifted to a hospital in Guadalajara but perished en route, Trevilla said.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

She made no mention of her encounter with death and her flash of terror, except to say to her husband, “I thought I should have perished out there alone.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin