Deadness
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Definition
(noun.) the inanimate property of something that has died.
(noun.) the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; 'he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls'.
Typed by Clyde--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
Editor: Lora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Torpor, flatness, faintness, heaviness
ANT:Quickness, vitality, life, vivacity
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- It seemed to me impossible: I could not realize such deadness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Trudging round the country and tiring of myself out, I shall keep the deadness off, and get my own bread by my own labour. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Twas the deadness again! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There's a deadness steals over me at times, that the kind of life favours and I don't like. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was the deadness, there's not a doubt about it,' returned the man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We have already called attention to its intellectual deadness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When she had spoken to the Secretary of that 'deadness that steals over me at times', her fortitude had made too little of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The result is an inevitable deadness of topics to which attention is invited, but which are so isolated that they do not feed imagination. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I shall be stronger, and keep the deadness off better, this way, than any way left open to me, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should have thought the deadness was a mild word for it, if it had been named to me when we brought you in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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