'Deadness' definitions:
Definition of 'deadness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" [syn: unresponsiveness, deadness] [ant: responsiveness]
noun
The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
noun
The inanimate property of something that has died
Definition of 'Deadness'
From: GCIDE
- Deadness \Dead"ness\, 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deadness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- aridity,
- barrenness,
- bloodlessness,
- callousness,
- characterlessness,
- colorlessness,
- dismalness,
- dragginess,
- dreariness,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- effeteness,
- electronarcosis,
- emptiness,
- etiolation,
- flatness,
- flavorlessness,
- heaviness,
- hollowness,
- impassibility,
- imperception,
- imperceptiveness,
- imperceptivity,
- impercipience,
- inanity,
- inconsiderateness,
- inexcitability,
- insensibility,
- insensibleness,
- insensitiveness,
- insensitivity,
- insentience,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- jejuneness,
- jejunity,
- leadenness,
- lifelessness,
- lowness of spirit,
- mildness,
- muffled tone,
- mutedness,
- narcosis,
- narcotization,
- numbness,
- obtuseness,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- pins and needles,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- ponderousness,
- saplessness,
- savorlessness,
- slowness,
- solemnity,
- spiritlessness,
- staleness,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stuffiness,
- superficiality,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- thick skin,
- thinness,
- unfeeling,
- unfeelingness,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- unperceptiveness,
- unsavoriness,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- veiled voice,
- voce velata,
- weakness,
- wishy-washiness,
- woodenness
Words containing 'Deadness'
- Dead,
- Deads,
- To be dead,
- dead to,
- deading,
- deadly,
- A dead dog,
- Dead ahead,
- Dead angle,
- Dead block,
- Dead calm,
- Dead center,
- Dead color,
- Dead coloring,
- Dead door,
- Dead drunk,
- Dead flat,
- Dead freight,
- Dead ground,
- Dead hand,
- Dead head,
- Dead heat,
- Dead horse,
- Dead language,
- Dead letter,
- Dead lift,
- Dead matter,
- Dead nettle,
- Dead plate,
- Dead pledge,
- Dead point,
- Dead reckoning,
- Dead rise,
- Dead rising,
- Dead set,
- Dead shot,
- Dead smooth,
- Dead spindle,
- Dead stock,
- Dead wall,
- Dead water,
- Dead weight,
- Dead wind,
- Deadly nightshade,
- Deadly sins,
- baptism for the dead,
- brain dead,
- dead air,
- dead axle,
- dead beat,
- dead body,
- dead centre,
- dead drop,
- dead duck,
- dead end,
- dead giveaway,
- dead load,
- dead mail,
- dead march,
- dead metaphor,
- dead of night,
- dead on target,
- dead pan,
- dead person,
- dead ringer,
- dead room,
- dead sea,
- dead soul,
- dead stop,
- dead tired,
- dead to the world,
- dead-on,
- deadly amanita,
- deadly sin,
- drop dead,
- knock dead,
- living dead,
- office of the dead,
- resurrection of the dead,
- stop dead,
- Dead pulled wool,
- Dead-eye,
- Dead-hearted,
- Dead-heartedness,
- Dead-pay,
- Dead-reckoning,
- Dead-stroke,
- Stone-dead,
- To make a dead set,
- dead hand of the past,
- dead sea scrolls,
- dead-end,
- drop-dead,
- white dead nettle,
- Dead-Sea apple,
- Dead-stroke hammer,
- dead-air space,
- dead-end street,
- dead-man's float,
- dead-man's-fingers,
- dead-men's-fingers