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deader

The correct spelling is deader.

How to pronounce deader

adjective

Say it like: Dee-der

The correct spelling is deader. No longer living. For example: "All of my grandparents are dead."

Usage Examples

All of my grandparents are dead.

He is dead to me.

"You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.No longer living.
  2. 2.Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  3. 3.(of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  4. 4.Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
  5. 5.Without emotion.

noun

  1. 1.One who is deceased, or will shortly become so.

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