dead
noun
people who are no longer living
“they buried the dead”
Oppositeslivinga time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
“the dead of winter”
adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
“the nerve is dead”
“a dead pallor”
Oppositesalivenot showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
“Mars is a dead planet”
“dead soil”
Oppositeslivevery tired
“was all in at the end of the day”
“so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere”
unerringly accurate
“a dead shot”
“took dead aim”
physically inactive
“Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
“passersby were dead to our plea for help”
“numb to the cries for mercy”
Synonymsnumbdevoid of physical sensation; numb
“his gums were dead from the novocain”
“she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth”
Synonymsdeadenedlacking acoustic resonance
“dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
“the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio”
not yielding a return
“dead capital”
“idle funds”
Synonymsidlenot circulating or flowing
“dead air”
“dead water”
Synonymsstagnantnot surviving in active use
“Latin is a dead language”
lacking resilience or bounce
“a dead tennis ball”
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
“a dead telephone line”
“the motor is dead”
no longer having force or relevance
“a dead issue”
the complete stoppage of an action
“came to a dead stop”
drained of electric charge; discharged
“a dead battery”
“left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained”
Synonymsdraineddevoid of activity
“this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here”
adverb
quickly and without warning
“he stopped suddenly”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
“an absolutely magnificent painting”
“a perfectly idiotic idea”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University