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deadness
noun
1 deadness
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:
— In an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away.
synonym: unresponsiveness.
Roget 823:
insensibility,
insensibleness†;
moral insensibility;
inertness,
inertia;
vis inertiae [Lat.];
impassibility,
impassibleness;
inappetency†,
apathy,
phlegm,
dullness,
hebetude†,
supineness,
lukewarmness†.
cold fit,
cold blood,
cold heart;
coldness,
coolness;
frigidity,
sang froid [Fr.];
stoicism,
imperturbation
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†;
nonchalance,
unconcern,
dry eyes;
insouciance
etc.
(indifference)
866;
recklessness
etc.
863;
callousness;
heart of stone,
stock and stone,
marble,
deadness.
torpor,
torpidity;
obstupefaction†,
lethargy,
coma,
trance,
vegetative state;
sleep
etc.
683;
suspended animation;
stupor,
stupefaction;
paralysis,
palsy;
numbness
etc.
(physical insensibility)
376.
neutrality;
quietism,
vegetation.
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Polish: nieczułość
2 deadness
The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity.
3 deadness
The inanimate property of something that has died.
Polish: martwość, nieżywość
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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