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deadnesses

deadnesses is the plural of deadness.

Meaning of deadness

Noun

deadness (usually uncountable, plural deadnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of not being alive; lifelessness.
    • O may it be my constant care to watch and pray; the neglect of which was the chief cause of my former deadness.1840, John Wesley, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M, page 334
  2. (usually) A lack of elasticity.
    • He complained that the deadness of the balls affected his game.
  3. (usually) A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
    • The deadness of the champagne made it undrinkable.
  4. (usually) A lack of animation in a person.
    • The deadness of his expression told everything, without him having to speak.

Questions about deadnesses

What is deadnesses the plural of?
Deadnesses is the plural of deadness.

Words near deadnesses in the dictionary

  1. deadnamers
  2. deadnames
  3. deadnaming
  4. deadness
  5. deadnesse
  6. deadnesses
  7. deadnettle
  8. deadnettle leaf beetle
  9. deadnettle leaf beetles
  10. deadnettles
  11. deadnuts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deadnesses (page history and authors); deadness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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