drop-dead
adjective
: sensationally striking, attractive, or impressive
a drop-dead evening gown
drop-dead
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of drop-dead in a Sentence
a drop-dead wedding dress that must have cost a fortune
Recent Examples on the Web
The terrain is mild by Colorado hiking standards, but still enjoyable and drop-dead gorgeous this time of the year.
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Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
Her recent video, for Taste, features the performer alongside Beetlejuice star Jenna Ortega rivaling over a boy while looking drop-dead gorgeous.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Overall, this is everything Apple Watch should be: drop-dead glorious to look at, easier to read than ever and performing at its best.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
See Richard Gere at his most drop-dead gorgeous in 1980’s American Gigolo for proof.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 July 2024
Slicing through slash pine scrub, curving around arching mangroves, then sloping into shallow saltwater, Shell Island Road has to be one of the most drop-dead gorgeous dead-ends in Southwest Florida.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Furthering 1970s ideas of duration, performance, documentation as art, and drop-dead simple appropriation, Marclay broke through cerebellums and made time absolutely obvious while seeming to slow it down simultaneously.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
LaRose told him next Wednesday is the drop-dead deadline.
—CBS News, 24 May 2024
The city clerk said her drop-dead deadline would be the June 26 council meeting.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
Her recent video, for Taste, features the performer alongside Beetlejuice star Jenna Ortega rivaling over a boy while looking drop-dead gorgeous.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Overall, this is everything Apple Watch should be: drop-dead glorious to look at, easier to read than ever and performing at its best.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
See Richard Gere at his most drop-dead gorgeous in 1980’s American Gigolo for proof.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 July 2024
Slicing through slash pine scrub, curving around arching mangroves, then sloping into shallow saltwater, Shell Island Road has to be one of the most drop-dead gorgeous dead-ends in Southwest Florida.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Furthering 1970s ideas of duration, performance, documentation as art, and drop-dead simple appropriation, Marclay broke through cerebellums and made time absolutely obvious while seeming to slow it down simultaneously.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
LaRose told him next Wednesday is the drop-dead deadline.
—CBS News, 24 May 2024
The city clerk said her drop-dead deadline would be the June 26 council meeting.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Drop-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-dead. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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