2. Dull, frigid, cold, torpid, inert, unfeeling, callous, obtuse, indifferent, lukewarm.
    3. Vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat.
    4. Unemployed, useless, unprofitable.
    5. Entire, complete, total, utter.

Dead, n. Depth, midst, darkest or coldest or gloomiest period.

Dead against. Utterly or wholly opposed, out and out against.

Dead ahead. (Naut.) Directly ahead (said of the wind).

Dead-drunk, a. Completely drunk.

Deaden, v. a.

    1. Weaken, impair, abate, restrain, retard, dull, damp, dampen.
    2. Blunt, benumb, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make insensible.

Dead language. Language no longer spoken.

Dead-lock, n. Complete standstill, utter misunderstanding, insoluble difference.

Deadly, a.

    1. Mortal, fatal, destructive, deleterious, noxious, murderous.
    2. Implacable, rancorous, sanguinary, mortal.

Deadly-night-shade, n. Belladonna, banewort, dwale (Atropa belladonna).

Dead march. Funeral march, dirge.

Dead men.

    1. Empty bottles (at a banquet).
    2. Hanging gasket-ends, dangling reef-ends.

Dead shot. Unerring marksman.

Deaf, a. Without hearing, hard of hearing, dull of hearing.


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