Related Words for dead

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deceased
x/
Adjective
defunct
x/
Adjective, Adjective
deathly
/x
Adjective, Adjective
doomed
/
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
slain
/
Verb, Noun
drained
/
Noun, Adjective
extinct
x/
Adjective, Adjective
murdered
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
abruptly
x/x
Verb, Adverb
fallen
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
gone
/
Verb, Adjective, Verb
extinguished
x/x
Verb, Adjective
departed
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
stillborn
//
Adjective, Adjective
tired
/x
Adjective, Adjective
standing
/x
Adjective, Adjective
complete
x/
Adjective, Adjective
asleep
x/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb
out
/
Adverb, Adjective
cold
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
suddenly
/xx
Noun, Adverb
short
/
Adverb, Adjective
stagnant
/x
Adjective, Adjective
beat
/
Adjective, Adjective
utter
/x
Adjective, Adjective
breathless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
malfunctioning
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
precise
x/
Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Adjective
absolutely
xx/x
Adjective, Adverb
late
/
Adverb, Adjective
perfectly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
insensitive
x/xx
Adverb, Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective, Adjective
numb
/
Adjective, Adjective
inanimate
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
bloodless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
unprofitable
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
nonfunctional
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
nonliving
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
inelastic
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
nonconscious
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
noncurrent
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
uncharged
x/
Adjective, Adjective
all in
/x
Phrase, Adjective
assassinated
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
at peace
//
Phrase, Adjective
at rest
//
Phrase, Adjective
deadened
/x
Adjective, Adjective
executed
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
out of play
///
Phrase, Adjective
quenched
/
Adjective, Adjective
alive
x/
Adjective, Verb
corpse
/
Noun
died
/
Verb
killed
/
Verb
resurrected
xx/x
Verb
unburied
x/x
Adjective
buried
/x
Verb
wounded
/x
Verb
death
/
Noun
comatose
/xx
Adjective
undead
xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun
rotting
/x
Verb
dismembered
x/x
Adjective
ghost
/
Noun
injured
/x
Adjective
maimed
/
Adjective
mutilated
/xxx
Adjective
mummified
/xx
Adjective
moribund
/xx
Noun
decapitated
x/xxx
Adjective
drowned
/
Verb
resurrection
xx/x
Noun
crucified
/xx
Verb
motionless
/xx
Adjective
zombie
/x
Noun
decayed
x/
Adjective
immortal
x/x
Adjective
entombed
x/
Verb
starved
/
Adjective
diseased
x/
Adjective
reincarnated
xx/xx
Verb
cadaver
x/x
Noun
presumed
x/
Adjective
lying
/x
Verb
headless
/x
Noun
graveyard
/x
Noun
poisoned
/x
Verb
slaughtered
/x
Verb
resuscitated
x/xxx
Verb
killer
/x
Noun
bloodied
/x
Adjective
frozen
/x
Adjective
mortal
/x
Adjective
dead as a doornail
//x/x
Phrase, Adjective
dead as a dodo
//x/x
Phrase, Adjective
dead and buried
//xx
Phrase, Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective
deadly
/x
Adjective
expired
x/
Verb
dead in the water
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
deaf
/
Noun
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
out of business
///x
Phrase, Adjective
dead on arrival
//x/x
Phrase, Adjective
terminally ill
/xxxx
Phrase, Adjective
fatal
/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective
terminal
/xx
Noun
stale
/
Noun
airless
/x
Adjective
nasty
/x
Adjective
broken down
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
dried out
//
Phrase, Adjective
heartless
/x
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
mechanical
x/xx
Adjective
broken
/x
Adjective
washed up
//
Phrase, Adjective
incapable
x/xx
Adjective
depleted
x/x
Adjective
malignant
x/x
Adjective
void
/
Noun
used up
//
Phrase, Adjective
flat
/
Adjective
passed
/
Adjective
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
adjective
/xx
Noun
crazy
/x
Adjective
out of touch
///
Phrase, Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
useless
/x
Adjective
damned
/
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective
sorry
/x
Adjective
down in the dumps
/xx/
Phrase, Adjective
giveaway
/xx
Noun
firstborn
//
Noun
astern
/x
Noun
ringer
/x
Noun
reckoning
/xx
Noun
because
x/
Adverb
cremated
/xx
Verb
embalmed
x/
Verb
fainted
/x
Verb
sure
/
Noun
drunk
/
Noun
commemorating
x/xxx
Verb
memorialize
x/xxx
Verb
honouring
/xx
Verb
strewed
/
Verb
littered
/x
Verb
ahead
x/
Adverb
earnest
/x
Noun
honoring
/xx
Verb
revives
x/
Verb
keeled
/
Verb
mourned
/
Verb
shoots
/
Verb
waken
/x
Verb
quicken
/x
Verb
disposing
x/x
Verb
already
x/x
Adverb
slow
/
Noun
lamenting
x/x
Verb
carcasses
/xx
Noun
bolt
/
Noun
coral
/x
Noun
commemoration
xxx/x
Noun
ashes
/x
Noun
commune
/x
Verb
calm
/
Noun
afterlife
/xx
Noun
alley
/x
Noun
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
animate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
annihilation
xxx/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bereaved
x/
Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
brides
/
Noun
brothers
/x
Noun
bummer
/x
Noun
busted
/x
Adjective
calcined
/x
Adjective
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
captives
/x
Verb
carcase
/x
Noun
casualties
/xxx
Noun
celebrated
/xxx
Adjective
cemetery
/xxx
Noun
claimed
/
Noun
compatriots
x/xx
Noun
comrades
/x
Noun
cooked
/
Adjective
coupe
/
Noun
crippled
/x
Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
decedent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
demented
x/x
Adjective
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
distraught
x/
Adjective
dixie
/x
Name
doctors
/x
Name
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
downloaded
/xx
Verb
duck
/
Noun, Verb
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
expendable
x/xx
Adjective, Name
eyed
/
Adjective
fatalities
x/xx
Noun
fatally
/xx
Adverb
feeding
/x
Noun
finished
/x
Adjective
flakes
/
Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
frightened
/x
Adjective
funeral
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gallows
/x
Noun
gob
/
Noun, Verb
goner
/x
Noun
goon
/
Noun, Verb
heaven
/x
Noun, Verb
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lambda
/x
Noun
lethal
/x
Adjective, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
looking
/x
Verb, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
lost
/
Adjective
luckless
/x
Adjective
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
martyred
/x
Verb
matt
/
Name, Adjective
menzies
/x
Name
meta
/x
Noun, Adjective
mitt
/
Noun
morbid
/x
Adjective
morgue
/
Noun
mort
/
Noun
mortalities
x/xx
Noun
mortally
/xx
Adverb
mortuary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
parched
/
Adjective
penalty
/xx
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perished
/x
Verb
persons
/x
Noun
pilgrim
/x
Noun, Verb
political
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
postmortem
x/x
Adjective, Noun
prisoner
/xx
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
reaper
/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective