deadest
deadest is the superlative form of dead.
Meaning of dead
Adjective
dead (not generally comparable, comparative deader, superlative deadest)
- No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
- All of my grandparents are dead.
- Devoid of living things; barren.
- a dead planet
- 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
- 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
- So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.
- He is dead to me.
- Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.
- "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"
Questions about deadest
- What is deadest the superlative form of?
- Deadest is the superlative form of dead.
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