deadness

as in death
the state of being dead the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it

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Noun
  • Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Charging someone with causing a death, however, has proved tricky at times.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Interestingly, Ukrainian soldiers said, the North Koreans try to remove their dead and wounded from the battlefield, which is different from the Russians.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The brigade retreated, leaving behind its frozen dead.
    David Axe, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sleep duration and risk of mortality from chronic kidney disease among Japanese adults.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Later on, Jackie, Phaedra, and Heavenly address the critical issue of Black maternal mortality in a moving speech.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The vases had been secured to the graves, deputies said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The grave also contained 46 glass beads and 11 silver coins linked to central Europe and Scandinavia.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Deadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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