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deadest

deadest is the superlative form of dead.

Meaning of dead

Adjective

dead (not generally comparable, comparative deader, superlative deadest)

  1. (not comparable, usually) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
    • All of my grandparents are dead.
  2. (not comparable, usually) Devoid of living things; barren.
    • a dead planet
  3. (excessive, not comparable, usually) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
    • When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child, understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act III, scene 3
  4. (not comparable, usually) Utterly exhausted.
    • “Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!”1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 124
  5. (not comparable, usually) So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.
    • He is dead to me.
  6. (not comparable, usually, literal or hyperbolic) Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.
    • "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

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Questions about deadest

What is deadest the superlative form of?
Deadest is the superlative form of dead.

Words near deadest in the dictionary

  1. deadenylylation
  2. deader
  3. deader than a doornail
  4. deader than disco
  5. deaders
  6. deadest
  7. deadeye
  8. Deadeye Dick
  9. Deadeye Dicks
  10. deadeyes
  11. deadfall

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