deceased

Speech parts

1. deceased - Noun

2. deceased - Adjective

4. deceased - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Decease

Passed away; dead; gone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

departed late gone decedent dead extinct expired asleep lifeless at rest at peace killed passed away dead person deceased person
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Antonyms

left living active abandoned alive cancelled
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

living dead infernal zombie zombi

Phrases with the word

the deceased deceased widow deceased question having sex with deceased animals having sex with deceased humans when deceased

Examples

When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying. Don DeLillo

Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased. Anton Chekhov

The spirit walks of every day deceased. Edward Young

Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else's opinion and without the fear of hindering one another. Anton Chekhov

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness. Hermann Broch

If the deceased is no good, one shouldn't waste good candles on him. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dece Deceangli decease deceased enchantment deceased person deceased question