dead
adjective
no longer living; deprived of life.
deadness
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a word derived from
dead.
Example Sentences
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"There's a deadness in people's eyes that really means they don't look real," says Louise.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
It was the deadness of so many weekends in American downtowns only multiplied and deepened.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2020
“There’s as much obvious natural wealth here as poverty there. There’s as much hope in the future here as there is hopelessness in everything there, as much life here as there is petrified deadness there.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017
In his enclosure, he’s palpably open, already poised to be converted; in his emotional deadness, he’s intensely alive.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2015
So when David left with my father and mother, and then later the dog disappeared, I assumed he had gone looking for David, through the gap into the deadness.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
