Deadness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deadness \Dead"ness\, n.
     The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit,
     activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness;
     vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body,
     or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the
     affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the


     world, and the like.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deadness
       n 1: the physical property of something that has lost its
            elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis
            balls"
       2: the inanimate property of something that has died

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "deadness":
     analgesia, anesthesia, aridity, barrenness, bloodlessness,
     callousness, characterlessness, colorlessness, dismalness,
     dragginess, dreariness, dryness, dullness, dustiness, effeteness,
     electronarcosis, emptiness, etiolation, flatness, flavorlessness,
     heaviness, hollowness, impassibility, imperception,
     imperceptiveness, imperceptivity, impercipience, inanity,
     inconsiderateness, inexcitability, insensibility, insensibleness,
     insensitiveness, insensitivity, insentience, insipidity,
     insipidness, jejuneness, jejunity, leadenness, lifelessness,
     lowness of spirit, mildness, muffled tone, mutedness, narcosis,
     narcotization, numbness, obtuseness, paleness, pallor,
     pins and needles, pointlessness, pokiness, ponderousness,
     saplessness, savorlessness, slowness, solemnity, spiritlessness,
     staleness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stuffiness,
     superficiality, tastelessness, tediousness, thick skin, thinness,
     unfeeling, unfeelingness, uninterestingness, unliveliness,
     unperceptiveness, unsavoriness, vapidity, vapidness, veiled voice,
     voce velata, weakness, wishy-washiness, woodenness