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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The University of Iowa in March estimated by the end of 2026 there will be 21,700 new cancer diagnoses in the state and 6,400 new cancer deaths.

— Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
Each of the six main suspects get their chance to give their version of events on the day of Jodie’s death, effectively supplying their own alibis.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 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

Eventually the quilt grew to include 1,920 panels, each measuring 3 feet by 6 feet, the same size as a grave.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Scientist Ada Franklin is working on a prototype for human-angel communication—only to wake up in her own grave, inexplicably killed and resurrected.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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