From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deadness \Dead"ness\, noun 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
2: the inanimate property of something that has died
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "deadness": 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
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