stone dead
Utterly without life
Stone dead means completely and unmistakably dead—not merely unconscious or near death, but beyond any possibility of revival.
The intensifier stone suggests the coldness and stillness of a corpse: The bird hit the window and fell stone dead.
The phrase can apply figuratively to things that have ceased entirely: The deal is stone dead.
Devoid of animation
- deceasedNo longer living
- expiredNo longer in effect
- perishedCeased living violently
- departedHaving left
extinct · gone · cold · stiff · cadaverous · demised · passed · lost
Lacking all movement
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- inanimateNot alive, never was
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
silent · dormant · insentient · immobile · static · frozen · paralyzed · numb
Without legal effect
deserted · forsaken · abandoned · bleak · silent · hushed · ghostly · lifeless
Fixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- finalLast and decisive
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
absolute · complete · total · utter · past saving · irretrievable · unrecoverable
lifeless
Devoid of animation
departed · extinct · gone · cold · stiff · cadaverous · demised · passed · lost · killed
motionless
Lacking all movement
unresponsive · silent · dormant · insentient · immobile · static · frozen · paralyzed · numb · blank
void
Without legal effect
vacant · deserted · forsaken · abandoned · bleak · silent · hushed · ghostly · lifeless · uninhabited
permanent
Fixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- finalLast and decisive
- conclusiveEnding all debate
definitive · absolute · complete · total · utter · past saving · irretrievable · unrecoverable
stone deadalive
Having current existence
living · alive and well · alive and kicking · full of life · breathing
stone deadwide awake
Totally alert and attentive
alert · aware · responsive · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · awake
death, stone, stony, stoned, milestone, cornerstone, headstone, dead, gravestone