Crossword clues for deadness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead. 2 A lack of elasticity. 3 A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink. 4 A lack of animation in a person.
WordNet
n. the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
the inanimate property of something that has died
Usage examples of "deadness".
He got them off the rack under the footlocker and had to unroll the roll to put them in and then build the whole thing up from scratch in the deadness of the silence.
He ignored the sensations that attacked him the pressing closeness, the imagined whispers, the discomfiting deadness Snd kept his concentration focused on putting one foot in front of the other.
The spectacle of men with their feet and legs a mass of dry ulceration, which had reduced the flesh to putrescent deadness, and left the tendons standing out like cords, was too common to excite remark or even attention.
And now, patiently, with complete silence and stealth, the displacer beast moved through the deadness of Myrloch Vale.
Samantha laid a wedge-shaped chin on her left shoulder to help her consider, and she smiled as silken whiskers brushed her cheek just above the line of nerve deadness.
The jug's contents were flavored with lemon juice, enough to cut the deadness of distilled water.