DEADNESS Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

deadness

noun

Definition of deadness

as in death

the state of being dead the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it

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Recent Examples of deadness Being silent with the chatbot did not feel like an invitation to being together, but rather like a kind of deadness. — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 Our director Wayne and I were just really interested in creating very visceral spaces, showing the deadness in the world. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 Did the baby’s livingness make Tomm’s deadness louder? — Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026 There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability. — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Trauma and tragedies—such as the death of his parents, or periods of estrangement from his siblings—receive less scrutiny than the emotions unlocked by Virginia Woolf or Roland Barthes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Barack Obama announced the death at 13 of Sunny, the former first pooch from his second presidential term and a Portuguese water dog who hated to get wet.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of death

Noun

In the spring just before or just as new growth emerges, remove the mulch and cut the remaining dead stems down to ground level or a few inches above the soil line.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
While Qingming focuses primarily on one’s own ancestors, the Hungry Ghost Festival extends offerings to wandering spirits and the unclaimed dead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dead

Noun

During the Qingming Festival, observed each year in April, families visit ancestral graves with food offerings and burn incense and paper replicas of everyday goods for their ancestors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
This ultimately resulted in his resurrection, his decisive victory over human injustice and the grave.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026

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