dead

Meanings

• people who are no longer living
  • "they buried the dead"
• a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
  • "the dead of winter"
• no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
  • "the nerve is dead"
  • "a dead pallor"
  • "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
• not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
  • "Mars is a dead planet"
  • "dead soil"
  • "dead coals"
  • "the fire is dead"
• very tired
  • "I'm dead after that long trip"
• unerringly accurate
  • "a dead shot"
  • "took dead aim"
• physically inactive
  • "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
• (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
  • "passersby were dead to our plea for help"
• devoid of physical sensation; numb
  • "his gums were dead from the novocain"
  • "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
• lacking acoustic resonance
  • "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"
  • "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
• not yielding a return
  • "dead capital"
• not circulating or flowing
  • "dead air"
  • "dead water"
• not surviving in active use
  • "Latin is a dead language"
• lacking resilience or bounce
  • "a dead tennis ball"
• out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
  • "a dead telephone line"
  • "the motor is dead"
• no longer having force or relevance
  • "a dead issue"
• complete
  • "came to a dead stop"
• drained of electric charge; discharged
  • "a dead battery"
• devoid of activity
  • "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
• quickly and without warning
• completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
  • "you can be dead sure of my innocence"
  • "was dead tired"
  • "dead right"

Synonyms

abruptly, absolutely, all in, beat, bushed, deadened, drained, idle, numb, perfectly, short, stagnant, suddenly, utter, utterly