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English noun: deadness | |||
| 1. | deadness (attribute) the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events | ||
| Samples | She began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident. In an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away. | ||
| Synonyms | unresponsiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | frigidity, frigidness, resistance | ||
| Antonyms | responsiveness | ||
| 2. | deadness (attribute) the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity | ||
| Samples | He objected to the deadness of the tennis balls. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inelasticity | ||
| 3. | deadness (attribute) the inanimate property of something that has died | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inanimateness, lifelessness | ||
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