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Definition of deadness



Overview of noun deadness

The noun deadness has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. unresponsiveness, 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; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away")

2. deadness

(the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls")

3. deadness

(the inanimate property of something that has died)