Word Meanings - DEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. död, Goth. daubs; prop. p. 1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions;

Additional info about word: DEAD

dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. död, Goth. daubs; prop. p. 1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my lord, is dead." Shak. The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot. Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak. 2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. 4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. 5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. 6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. 7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. 8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. "The ground is a dead flat." C. Reade. 9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith. 10. Bringing death; deadly. Shak. 11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. "Dead in trespasses." Eph. ii. 1.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEAD)

• Deaf
• Surd
• hard of hearing
• disinclined
• averse
• inexorable
• insensible
• rumbling
• inaudible
• heedless
• dead
• Dingy
• Dull
• dusky
• rusty
• bedimmed
• soiled
• tarnished
• dimly
• dim
• colorless
• obscure
• Stupid
• stolid
• doltish
• callous
• heavy
• gloomy
• dismal
• cloudy
• turbid
• opaque
• dowdy
• sluggish
• sad
• tiresome
• commonplace

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEAD)

• Reveal
• make known
• discover

Related words: (words related to DEAD)

• AVERSENESS
  The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
• HEARTWOOD
  The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
• HEART
  A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle
• OPAQUENESS
  The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More.
• TURBIDITY
  Turbidness.
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• RUMBLER
  One who, or that which, rumbles.
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• SOILY
  Dirty; soiled. Fuller.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• GLOOMY
  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
• SOILURE
  Stain; pollution. Shak. Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it A case of silk. Tennyson.
• INSENSIBLENESS
  Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
• HEARTBROKEN
  Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
• HEARTGRIEF
  Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
• OPAQUE
  1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance. 2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.
• HEARTEN
  1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
• STOLIDNESS
  See STOLIDITY
• HEARTDEEP
  Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• DINGEY; DINGY; DINGHY
  1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat.
• UNDERSOIL
  The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
• WHITE-HEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• THEARCHY
  Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• SHEAR
  To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. (more info) shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear
• PIGEON-HEARTED
  Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.