dead
- adjective
- /dɛd/
- Informal
- As we left, we were all dead on our feet.
Examples
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I drank it all down, and within minutes I was dead asleep on my bed.
Fiction book (1996) -
By the time we finished the hike, we were all absolutely dead from exhaustion.
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I was just like working through it and I was like dead tired afterwards.
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Julie drove home, got into bed, and slept like the dead until the phone rang.
Fiction book (1994) -
CUT TO: INT. M.J.'s CAR - NIGHT M.J. is now almost dead with fatigue.
Fiction book (1995) -
After a long week of work, I felt completely dead and could hardly keep my eyes open.
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Every time I try to keep up with my kids, I end up feeling dead tired.
Synonyms
Very tired and cannot do anything
Extremely tired with no energy
Moving slowly and not fully aware because you are very tired
Very tired and without energy
Very tired after hard physical or mental work
Feeling very tired after a long time of hard work or activity
Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work
Very low on energy and unable to do much
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
Compounds
- Specialized
A person with no brain activity and no chance to get better, though the body may still work
- Jargon
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
- Specialized
To estimate your position using direction, distance, and past information without tools
- Specialized
A position where the piston and rod are straight so the engine cannot turn
- Literature
A phrase that once made a clear picture but now feels literal like 'leg of a table'
A small plant with leaves like stinging nettles that does not sting when touched, often in gardens
- Specialized
A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
- UK
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas
A position for floating face down in the water with arms stretched forward to rest and breathe
- Specialized
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
A European plant from the mint family with white flowers that looks like stinging nettles but does not sting
How Tired
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dead started with the meaning 'not alive', and people began to use it for being 'without energy' or very tired, as if you have 'no life' left. So saying 'I'm dead' means you are completely exhausted.