dead

dead · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    No longer alive; having ceased to live.

  2. 2.

    No longer functioning or operative.

  3. 3.

    Lacking activity, excitement, or interest.

  4. 4.

    Complete; absolute.

  5. 5.

    (Of a sound or color) Flat; lacking resonance or brightness.

  6. 6.

    (The dead) People who have died.

  7. 7.

    Completely; exactly.

Related words

Antonyms: alive, animate, living
See also: alive, death, die
Synonyms: deceased, departed, gone, lifeless

Etymology

From Old English dead, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- meaning "to pass away, die." Related to German tot and Dutch dood.