Standard Lemma guide

dead

adj · adv · noun · verb · 61 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • dĕd
  • /dɛd/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • Northumbria, West-Country: /diːd/
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • All of my grandparents are dead.
  • Have respect for the dead.
  • The villagers are mourning their dead.
  • The dead are always with us, in our hearts.
  • Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
  • raise the dead
  • wake the dead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Devoid of living things; barren.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • a dead planet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: excessive, not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Utterly exhausted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • He is dead to me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: literal or hyperbolic

Examples

  • "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Without emotion; impassive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • the dead load on the floor
  • a dead lift

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • dead air
  • a dead glass of soda.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Unproductive; fallow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • dead time
  • dead fields

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Past, bygone, vanished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • For a Friday night, it's really dead in this restaurant.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: alive, bustling, busy, crowded, hopping, lively, noisy

13

adj

Meaning 13

Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: device; or electrical circuit; device; or electrical circuit

Examples

  • OK, the circuit's dead. Go ahead and cut the wire.
  • Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adj

Meaning 14

Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adj

Meaning 15

Broken or inoperable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adj

Meaning 16

No longer used or required.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched.
  • Is this beer glass dead?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adj

Meaning 17

Intentionally designed so as not to impart motion or power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • the dead spindle of a lathe
  • A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adj

Meaning 18

Not in play.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adj

Meaning 19

Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

adj

Meaning 20

Tagged out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, slang, usually

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

adj

Meaning 21

Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • dead stop
  • dead sleep
  • dead giveaway
  • dead silence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

adj

Meaning 22

Exact; on the dot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • dead center
  • dead aim
  • a dead eye
  • a dead level

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

adj

Meaning 23

Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

adj

Meaning 24

Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:

Dying of laughter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, excessive, not-comparable, often, sometimes, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: RIP, mul:💀, crying, LMAO, ROFL, mul:😭

Antonyms: none provided

25

adj

Meaning 25

Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:

Expresses shock, second-hand embarrassment, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, not-comparable, often, sometimes, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: RIP, mul:💀

Antonyms: none provided

26

adj

Meaning 26

Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: acoustics

Examples

  • a dead floor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

adj

Meaning 27

Bringing death; deadly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

adj

Meaning 28

Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: law

Examples

  • A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

adj

Meaning 29

Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, not-comparable, often, rare, usually

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

adj

Meaning 30

Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: ending abruptly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: live

31

adv

Meaning 31

Exactly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, informal, not-comparable

Qualifier: degree

Examples

  • dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left
  • He hit the target dead in the centre.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

adv

Meaning 32

Very, absolutely, extremely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, informal, not-comparable

Qualifier: degree

Examples

  • dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

adv

Meaning 33

Suddenly and completely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He stopped dead.
  • She cut me dead again at the last party.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

adv

Meaning 34

As if dead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

Examples

  • dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, uncountable, with-definite-article

Examples

  • Near-synonym: nadir
  • the dead of night
  • the dead of winter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nadir

Antonyms: none provided

36

noun

Meaning 36

Those who have died: dead people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

Examples

  • the quick and the dead
  • Will the dead rise again?
  • He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deceased, departed

Antonyms: living, quick

37

noun

Meaning 37

(usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

noun

Meaning 38

Clipping of deadlift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

noun

Meaning 39

Initialism of diethyl azodicarboxylate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

noun

Meaning 40

Acronym of destruction of enemy air defense(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To prevent by disabling; to stop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1826, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth. “What a man should do, when finds his natural impotency dead him in spiritual works”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To kill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, US, slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To discontinue or put an end to (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, slang, transitive

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

adjective

Meaning 45

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the nerve is dead
  • a dead pallor
  • he was marked as a dead man by the assassin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: alive(p)

46

adjective

Meaning 46

not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Mars is a dead planet
  • dead soil
  • dead coals
  • the fire is dead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: live

47

adjective satellite

Meaning 47

devoid of activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

adjective satellite

Meaning 48

physically inactive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

adjective satellite

Meaning 49

drained of electric charge; discharged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead battery
  • left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drained

Antonyms: none provided

50

adjective satellite

Meaning 50

no longer having force or relevance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead issue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

adjective satellite

Meaning 51

out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead telephone line
  • the motor is dead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

52

adjective satellite

Meaning 52

lacking resilience or bounce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead tennis ball

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

adjective satellite

Meaning 53

not surviving in active use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Latin is a dead language

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

adjective satellite

Meaning 54

unerringly accurate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead shot
  • took dead aim

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

adjective satellite

Meaning 55

not yielding a return

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dead capital
  • idle funds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idle

Antonyms: none provided

56

adjective satellite

Meaning 56

lacking acoustic resonance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
  • the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

adjective satellite

Meaning 57

devoid of physical sensation; numb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his gums were dead from the novocain
  • she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  • a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deadened

Antonyms: none provided

58

adverb

Meaning 58

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an absolutely magnificent painting
  • a perfectly idiotic idea
  • you're perfectly right
  • utterly miserable
  • you can be dead sure of my innocence
  • was dead tired
  • dead right

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absolutely, perfectly, utterly

Antonyms: none provided

59

adverb

Meaning 59

quickly and without warning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stopped suddenly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abruptly, suddenly, short

Antonyms: none provided

60

noun

Meaning 60

people who are no longer living

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they buried the dead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: living

Broader terms: people

Narrower terms: slain

61

noun

Meaning 61

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dead of winter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time

History

Etymology

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död.

Across languages

Translations

344 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dood — no longer alive
  • Ainu: チ (chi) — no longer alive
  • Albanian: vdekur — no longer alive
  • Gheg Albanian: shkum — no longer alive
  • Aleut: asxaanax — no longer alive
  • Southern Altai: ӧлгӧн (ölgön) — no longer alive
  • Southern Altai: ӧлӱ (ölü) — no longer alive
  • Arabic: مَيِّت (mayyit) — no longer alive
  • Arabic: ميت (mayyit) — no longer alive
  • Armenian: մեռած (meṙac) — no longer alive
  • Aromanian: mortu — no longer alive
  • Asturian: muertu — no longer alive
  • Aymara: jiwata — no longer alive
  • Azerbaijani: ölü — no longer alive
  • Bashkir: үлгән (ülgən) — no longer alive
  • Bashkir: үле (üle) — no longer alive
  • Belarusian: мёртвы (mjórtvy) — no longer alive
  • Bengali: মৃত (mrito) — no longer alive
  • Bengali: মুর্দা (murda) — no longer alive
  • Breton: maro — no longer alive
  • Bulgarian: мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv) — no longer alive
  • Burmese: သေ (se) — no longer alive
  • Catalan: mort — no longer alive
  • Cebuano: patay — no longer alive
  • Chamicuro: kashele'taka — no longer alive
  • Chechen: делла (della) — no longer alive
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎢ (uyohusvi) — no longer alive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死的 (sǐ de) — no longer alive
  • Crimean Tatar: ölü — no longer alive
  • Czech: mrtvý — no longer alive
  • Dalmatian: muart — no longer alive
  • Danish: død — no longer alive
  • Dutch: dood — no longer alive
  • Dutch: dode — no longer alive
  • Dutch: overleden — no longer alive
  • Dutch: gestorven — no longer alive
  • Esperanto: morta — no longer alive
  • Esperanto: mortinta — no longer alive
  • Estonian: surnud — no longer alive
  • Faroese: deyður — no longer alive
  • Finnish: kuollut — no longer alive
  • Finnish: vainaja — no longer alive
  • Finnish: raato — no longer alive
  • Finnish: haaska — no longer alive
  • Finnish: uhri — no longer alive
  • Finnish: eloton — no longer alive
  • Franco-Provençal: môrt — no longer alive
  • French: mort — no longer alive
  • West-Frisian: dea — no longer alive
  • West-Frisian: deade — no longer alive
  • Friulian: muart — no longer alive
  • Galician: morto — no longer alive
  • Georgian: მკვდარი (mḳvdari) — no longer alive
  • Georgian: გარდაცვლილი (gardacvlili) — no longer alive
  • Georgian: მიცვალებული (micvalebuli) — no longer alive
  • German: tot — no longer alive
  • German: gestorben — no longer alive
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (dauþs) — no longer alive
  • Greek: νεκρός (nekrós) — no longer alive
  • Greek: πεθαμένος (pethaménos) — no longer alive
  • Greek: ψόφιος (psófios) — no longer alive
  • Ancient Greek: νεκρός (nekrós) — no longer alive
  • Greenlandic: toqu — no longer alive
  • Haitian Creole: mò — no longer alive
  • Hawaiian: make — no longer alive
  • Hebrew: מֵת (met) — no longer alive
  • Higaonon: namatay — no longer alive
  • Hindi: मृत (mŕt) — no longer alive
  • Hindi: मरा हुआ (marā huā) — no longer alive
  • Hindi: मुर्दा (murdā) — no longer alive
  • Hindi: निर्जीव (nirjīv) — no longer alive
  • Hungarian: halott — no longer alive
  • Hungarian: holt — no longer alive
  • Hungarian: döglött — no longer alive
  • Icelandic: dauður — no longer alive
  • Icelandic: dáinn — no longer alive
  • Icelandic: látinn — no longer alive
  • Ido: mortinta — no longer alive
  • Indonesian: mati — no longer alive
  • Indonesian: meninggal — no longer alive
  • Interlingua: morte — no longer alive
  • Inuktitut: ᑐᖁ (toqo) — no longer alive
  • Irish: marbh — no longer alive
  • Italian: morto — no longer alive
  • Ivatan: diman — no longer alive
  • Japanese: 死んだ (shinda) — no longer alive
  • Japanese: 亡い (nai) — no longer alive
  • Javanese: mati — no longer alive
  • Kapampangan: mate — no longer alive
  • Kazakh: өлі (ölı) — no longer alive
  • Khmer: ម្រឹត (mrɨt) — no longer alive
  • Khmer: ស្លាប់ (slap) — no longer alive
  • Korean: 죽었다 (jugeotda) — no longer alive
  • Korean: 죽은 (jugeun) — no longer alive
  • Central Kurdish: مردوو (mirdû) — no longer alive
  • Kyrgyz: өлүк (ölük) — no longer alive
  • Kyrgyz: өлүү (ölüü) — no longer alive
  • Kyrgyz: өлгөн (ölgön) — no longer alive
  • Ladino: met — no longer alive
  • Ladino: muerto — no longer alive
  • Ladino: niftar — no longer alive
  • Lao: ຕາຍ (tāi) — no longer alive
  • Latin: mortuus — no longer alive
  • Latvian: miris — no longer alive
  • Latvian: nedzīvs — no longer alive
  • Limburgish: doead — no longer alive
  • Limburgish: doeaje — no longer alive
  • Limburgish: kepót — no longer alive
  • Limburgish: kepótte — no longer alive
  • Lithuanian: miręs — no longer alive
  • Lithuanian: negyvas — no longer alive
  • Lombard: mort — no longer alive
  • Low German: dood — no longer alive
  • Luxembourgish: dout — no longer alive
  • Macedonian: мртов (mrtov) — no longer alive
  • Macedonian: умрен (umren) — no longer alive
  • Macedonian: пцовисан (pcovisan) — no longer alive
  • Malay: mati — no longer alive
  • Manx: marroo — no longer alive
  • Mongolian: үхсэн (üxsen) — no longer alive
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠬᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ (ükügsen) — no longer alive
  • Mpade: madɨ — no longer alive
  • Neapolitan: muorto — no longer alive
  • Nepali: मृत (mr̥t) — no longer alive
  • Nepali: मरेको (mareko) — no longer alive
  • Norman: mort — no longer alive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: død — no longer alive
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: død — no longer alive
  • Occitan: mòrt — no longer alive
  • Church Slavic: мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ) — no longer alive
  • Old East Slavic: мьртвъ (mĭrtvŭ) — no longer alive
  • Old English: dēad — no longer alive
  • Oromo: du'aa — no longer alive
  • Ossetian: мард (mard) — no longer alive
  • Pashto: مړ (mar) — no longer alive
  • Persian: مرده (morde) — no longer alive
  • Piedmontese: mòrt — no longer alive
  • Plautdietsch: doot — no longer alive
  • Polish: martwy — no longer alive
  • Polish: zmarły — no longer alive
  • Polish: nieżywy — no longer alive
  • Portuguese: morto — no longer alive
  • Romani: mulo — no longer alive
  • Romanian: mort — no longer alive
  • Romansh: mort — no longer alive
  • Romansh: miert — no longer alive
  • Russian: мёртвый (mjórtvyj) — no longer alive
  • Russian: у́мерший (úmeršij) — no longer alive
  • Russian: до́хлый (dóxlyj) — no longer alive
  • Northern Sami: jápmit — no longer alive
  • Sanskrit: मृत (mṛtá) — no longer alive
  • Sardinian: moltu — no longer alive
  • Sardinian: mortu — no longer alive
  • Scottish Gaelic: marbh — no longer alive
  • Serbo-Croatian: мр̀тав — no longer alive
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏мрлӣ — no longer alive
  • Serbo-Croatian: mr̀tav — no longer alive
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕmrlī — no longer alive
  • Sicilian: mortu — no longer alive
  • Sinhalese: මළ (maḷa) — no longer alive
  • Slovak: mŕtvy — no longer alive
  • Slovene: mŕtev — no longer alive
  • Lower Sorbian: martwy — no longer alive
  • Upper Sorbian: morwy — no longer alive
  • Upper Sorbian: mortwy — no longer alive
  • Spanish: muerto — no longer alive
  • Spanish: finado — no longer alive
  • Old Spanish: muerto — no longer alive
  • Sranan Tongo: dede — no longer alive
  • Swedish: död — no longer alive
  • Tagalog: patay — no longer alive
  • Taíno: operi'to — no longer alive
  • Tajik: мурда (murda) — no longer alive
  • Tatar: үлек (ülek) — no longer alive
  • Tatar: үле (üle) — no longer alive
  • Tausug: patay — no longer alive
  • Thai: ตาย (dtaai) — no longer alive
  • Thai: เสียชีวิต (sǐia-chii-wít) — no longer alive
  • Tok Pisin: dai — no longer alive
  • Turkish: ölü — no longer alive
  • Turkish: ölmüş — no longer alive
  • Turkmen: öli — no longer alive
  • Tuvan: өлүг (ölüg) — no longer alive
  • Tuvan: ölgen — no longer alive
  • Tuvan: ыржым (ırjım) — no longer alive
  • Tuvan: шыпшың (şıpşıñ) — no longer alive
  • Tuvan: ээн (een) — no longer alive
  • Ukrainian: ме́ртвий (mértvyj) — no longer alive
  • Urdu: مردہ (murda) — no longer alive
  • Uyghur: ئۆلۈك (ölük) — no longer alive
  • Uzbek: oʻlik — no longer alive
  • Venetan: morto — no longer alive
  • Vietnamese: chết — no longer alive
  • Walloon: moirt — no longer alive
  • Walloon: crevé — no longer alive
  • Welsh: marw — no longer alive
  • Yiddish: טויט (toyt) — no longer alive
  • Yucatec Maya: kimen — no longer alive
  • Yup'ik: tuqu — no longer alive
  • Zaghawa: nî — no longer alive
  • Finnish: eloton — devoid of living things, barren
  • Hindi: बंजर (bañjar) — devoid of living things, barren
  • Albanian: nëndhe — figuratively, not alive
  • Bulgarian: мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv) — figuratively, not alive
  • Danish: død — figuratively, not alive
  • Finnish: kuollut — figuratively, not alive
  • German: leblos — figuratively, not alive
  • Japanese: 亡い (nai) — figuratively, not alive
  • Manx: neuvio — figuratively, not alive
  • Russian: мёртвый (mjórtvyj) — figuratively, not alive
  • Swedish: död — figuratively, not alive
  • Bengali: মুর্দা (murda) — idiomatic: hated
  • Finnish: kuollut — idiomatic: hated
  • German: gestorben — idiomatic: hated
  • Hungarian: nem létezik — idiomatic: hated
  • Persian: مرده (morde) — idiomatic: hated
  • Portuguese: morto — idiomatic: hated
  • Albanian: mbetur — fully and completely motionless
  • Bulgarian: неподви́жен (nepodvížen) — fully and completely motionless
  • Finnish: jähmettynyt — fully and completely motionless
  • German: bewegungslos — fully and completely motionless
  • German: regungslos — fully and completely motionless
  • German: erstarrt — fully and completely motionless
  • Hungarian: mozdulatlan — fully and completely motionless
  • Manx: marroo — fully and completely motionless
  • Polish: zmartwiały — fully and completely motionless
  • Polish: nieruchomy — fully and completely motionless
  • Russian: неподви́жный (nepodvížnyj) — fully and completely motionless
  • Bulgarian: неодушеве́н (neoduševén) — without emotion
  • Finnish: tunteeton — without emotion
  • Finnish: tyly — without emotion
  • Finnish: kylmä — without emotion
  • German: reglos — without emotion
  • German: unbewegt — without emotion
  • German: stumpf — without emotion
  • Hindi: भावहीन (bhāvhīn) — without emotion
  • Hungarian: közönyös — without emotion
  • Hungarian: tompa — without emotion
  • Hungarian: unott — without emotion
  • Hungarian: érdektelen — without emotion
  • Hungarian: unalmas — without emotion
  • Hungarian: halott — without emotion
  • Russian: безжи́зненный (bezžíznennyj) — without emotion
  • Russian: неодушевлённый (neoduševljónnyj) — without emotion
  • Bulgarian: изгасен (izgasen) — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Finnish: kylmä — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Finnish: jännitteetön — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • German: aus — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • German: abgeschaltet — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • German: leer — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Hungarian: lemerült — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Hungarian: kimerült — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Polish: rozładowany — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Russian: до́хлый (dóxlyj) — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Spanish: muerto — of a device: completely inactive; without power
  • Finnish: rikki — broken or inoperable
  • German: hinüber — broken or inoperable
  • German: im Eimer — broken or inoperable
  • Hungarian: tönkrement — broken or inoperable
  • Hungarian: elromlott — broken or inoperable
  • Hungarian: használhatatlan — broken or inoperable
  • Hungarian: süket — broken or inoperable
  • Japanese: 壊れた (kowareta) — broken or inoperable
  • Russian: сло́манный (slómannyj) — broken or inoperable
  • Finnish: tarpeeton — no longer used or required
  • Finnish: vanhentunut — no longer used or required
  • Finnish: käyttämätön — no longer used or required
  • German: entbehrlich — no longer used or required
  • Catalan: mort — sports: not in play
  • Danish: død — sports: not in play
  • Finnish: ulkona — sports: not in play
  • German: aus — sports: not in play
  • German: im Aus — sports: not in play
  • Hungarian: játékon kívüli — sports: not in play
  • Norwegian Bokmål: død — sports: not in play
  • Finnish: turta — experiencing pins and needles
  • German: eingeschlafen — experiencing pins and needles
  • Hungarian: zsibbadt — experiencing pins and needles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: død — experiencing pins and needles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: som sover — experiencing pins and needles
  • Portuguese: dormente — experiencing pins and needles
  • French: mdr — texting or Internet slang: dying of laughter
  • Bulgarian: направо (napravo) — exactly
  • Bulgarian: напълно (napǎlno) — exactly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕對 /绝对 (juéduì) — exactly
  • Danish: lige — exactly
  • Danish: direkte — exactly
  • Esperanto: ĝuste — exactly
  • Finnish: täsmälleen — exactly
  • Finnish: tismalleen — exactly
  • Finnish: suoraan — exactly
  • Finnish: tasan — exactly
  • Finnish: juuri — exactly
  • German: genau — exactly
  • German: ganz — exactly
  • Greek: ακριβώς (akrivós) — exactly
  • Hungarian: halálosan — exactly
  • Hungarian: teljesen — exactly
  • Hungarian: totálisan — exactly
  • Hungarian: totál — exactly
  • Russian: пря́мо (prjámo) — exactly
  • Russian: то́чно (tóčno) — exactly
  • Walloon: djusse — exactly
  • Bulgarian: абсолютно (absoljutno) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Bulgarian: безусловно (bezuslovno) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 到死 (dou3 sei2) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鬼咁 (gwai2 gam3) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鬼死咁 (gwai2 sei2 gam3) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完全地 (wánquán di) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Danish: død- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Dutch: bloed- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Dutch: oer- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Dutch: dood- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Finnish: sairaan — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Finnish: kuoleman- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • German: tod- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • German: total — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Hungarian: holt — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Hungarian: haláli — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Hungarian: állati — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Hungarian: kegyetlen — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Russian: абсолю́тно (absoljútno) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Russian: соверше́нно (soveršénno) — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Swedish: döds- — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Walloon: pår — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Walloon: fén — very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寂靜 /寂静 (jíjìng) — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Dutch: stilte — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Esperanto: mezo — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • French: milieu — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • French: cœur — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • French: profondeurs — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • German: Tiefe — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • German: Mitte — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Hungarian: kellős közepe — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Manx: doolaght — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Manx: dromm — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Polish: zmarli — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Russian: середи́на (seredína) — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Scottish Gaelic: marbh — time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
  • Esperanto: mortintoj — those who have died
  • Finnish: kuolleet — those who have died
  • Sranan Tongo: dedesma — those who have died
  • Unami: ànkëlichik — those who have died