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 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

Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
The death was the fourth reported at a Sacramento County jail facility in 2026 and the second this year at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of death

Noun

Iran cannot, because the people who made so many thousands of our dead are still the people in charge, still adding to the count.

— Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
The Tracy Police Department is seeking potential witnesses of a June 26 stabbing that occurred in front of Target at the West Valley Mall and left an 18-year-old dead.

— Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of dead

Noun

In ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ the author explores mortality, money and the brave new world of AI.

— Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
When researchers disaggregate the mortality gap between the United States and peer nations, the story that emerges is not one of inadequate primary care access.

— Christopher P. Childers, STAT, 10 July 2026

Definition of mortality

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