dead to the world
Oblivious in slumber
Dead to the world describes someone so deeply asleep they're unaware of their surroundings—as unreachable as a corpse.
She was dead to the world until noon.
The phrase can also describe someone unconscious from exhaustion, alcohol, or drugs.
Occasionally used for extreme obliviousness while awake: He was dead to the world, lost in his book.
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- knocked outRendered unconscious by impact
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
incapacitated · senseless · sedated · tranquilized · catatonic · fainted · collapsed · blacked out
coma
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthetizedMade numb for surgery
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- knocked outRendered unconscious by impact
unresponsive · incapacitated · senseless · sedated · tranquilized · catatonic · fainted · collapsed · blacked out · passed out
slumber
Light, restful unconsciousness
rest · dreaming · REM · deep sleep · bedtime · pillow · mattress · comforter · pajamas · lullaby
drained
Emptied of resources
worn-out · lethargic · enervated · debilitated · sapped · overworked · tired · listless · languid · sluggish
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
dead to the worlddozing
Lightly, briefly unconscious
half-asleep · cat-napping · tossing and turning · light sleeper
dead to the worldlight sleeper
One easily awakened
half-awake · restless · fitful · tossing and turning · on edge