Describing Wordsfor Death

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Here are some adjectives for death: rigid, dreadful, violent and shameful, unseen, bloody, sure sudden, violent and ignominious, secret and infamous, pitilessly cruel, later delicate, ignoble and immediate, certain, horrible, painless and almost instantaneous, honorable, hard-fought, floor--real blood--real, ultimate kinetic, certain and painful, painful pointless, shameful and painful, premature and miserable, awfully sudden, worst, grim, unavoidable premature, tragic, pointless, grey brittle, timeless cruel, cruel, miserable, guilty, deserving, ignominious and unjust, excessively feeble and weak, pensions--tragical, therewithal, pale. You can get the definitions of these death adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to death (and find more here).

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Words to Describe death

Below is a list of describing words for death. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe death:

rigid, dreadful violent and shameful unseen, bloody sure sudden violent and ignominious secret and infamous pitilessly cruel later delicate ignoble and immediate certain, horrible painless and almost instantaneous honorable, hard-fought floor--real blood--real ultimate kinetic certain and painful painful pointless shameful and painful premature and miserable awfully sudden worst, grim unavoidable premature tragic, pointless grey brittle timeless cruel
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cruel, miserable guilty, deserving ignominious and unjust excessively feeble and weak pensions--tragical therewithal, pale else present cruel and inevitable deal pale pointless, hideous denial and partial horribly drawn-out premature and painful real and bizarre sadly inevitable sudden inevitable unjust and ignominious speedy and painful immediate and horrible swift and piteous quick two-step clean, painless cold and possible sudden, political sudden and gory thorough and honorable spectacular, magnetic sudden infant bloody and honorable infinite, ageless huge, oncoming certain and horrible simple speedy terrifying, unknown signal, certain bizarre drug-related cruel and slow molten silvery quick but painful decent swift inevitable but natural swift and hideous speedy and cruel molecular or cellular piteous and chaste unequivocally preferred coolly preferred certain and manifest severe and insupportable certain and most painful sudden and almost suspicious quick and painless clean and painless final, implacable alien orange morally stark horrible, tedious quick and horrible preferred inevitable horrific and futile certain and cruel welcome true slow, humane certain, painful certain oncoming horrible accidental premature and tragic terrible and seemingly inevitable totally unforeseen and sudden suspicious and violent sleepy slow funeral and sudden survival or meaningless inevitable and ignominious mandatory self-inflicted inevitable, invisible swift and ignoble else swift painless and peaceful partial and exceptional obscure and revolting incongruous, incredible loathsome and nearer disgusting, agonizing traditional grim voluntary and agonizing near-certain still deal most detestable violent and senseless sputtering exotic swift merciful blood--real swift, inescapable ignominious and cruel slow and cruel violent and premature slow and horrible accidental and distressing painful and irreversible menacing sudden deservedly cruel swift gaseous slow and frightful clean painless symbolic or impending horrible but welcome such onrushing largely unnoticed awesome and sure easy quick still recent and raw shameful and hideous casually swift wretched and mysterious almost certain and cruel actual, violent easy painless fitting feathered grievously tragic deformed, violent or shameful metal and oiled clean and speedy perhaps quick deal quick clearly suspicious clearly suspicious or violent horrid and degrading sudden and relatively painless back venomous incontrovertible and permanent grim and imminent futile but honorable principled but useless inevitable, unavoidable certain but dishonorable sadistic, gory unknown sudden perennial sweet ignominious and violent sometimes immediate cruel, childless immediate and cruel violent or unnatural open and infamous collateral meaner violent or disgusting certain and unavailing lone and yet comfortable natural and premature certain and shameful therefore merciful speedy and therefore merciful lamentably premature sad and premature possible and certain unreasonable and unhappy pious and hopeful once mid daily impending cruel but deliberate mountains--diabolical unexpected and tragical therefore protracted miserable and certain appallingly sudden dreadful or shameful druse tempting premature and ignoble miserable, unknown distant and sudden tragically sudden complete, negative ultimately actual public and memorable premature and violent quick, merciful swift and painless more irredeemable violent and disgraceful impending violent deal sudden unexplainable and sudden muddy and miserable sane and sacred slow agonizing horrible, painful similarly violent sudden and tragical sudden and distressing shameful and ignominious painful and ignominious almost certain slow and exceedingly painful surely full messy and probably slow wasteful, needless slow and sterile quick and merciful sure and sudden unthinkably horrid hopeless, meaningless agonizing, tortuous cleaner and easier sensual, beautiful humiliating, pointless slow and most unpleasant covetous and voracious pointless, shocking mercifully quick black and immemorial merciful, quick horrid or unfair senseless and painful cold and pointless insidious and horrifying natural, companionable rapid, horrible obscure, pointless desolate helpless blue aztec frightful and agonizing swift and perhaps merciful quick and agonizing imminent and painful painful, violent never cruel or uncouth neat and bloody sudden, unnecessary sordid, demeaning unexpected and shameful consequent hideous meaningless, ignominious public, unclean unpleasantly ingenious suspicious, unattended agonizing, pure violent, instantaneous clear, bloodless unfinished imperial espe�cially violent slowest and most painful least, painless painful self-inflicted probably painless quick honorable fantastically sophisticated excruciating, ecstatic awful but silent sheer rough fetal and neonatal baleful eternal cruel and certain certain and ignominious certain and awful speedy and sudden painless and tranquil sudden, painless old and ruthless bloody and diversified individual and conclusive immediate agonizing painless, quick and honorable never accidental or unforeseen never accidental violent, premature hideous and ignoble renewal and sudden disgusting and shameful cruel, elusive glorious and commendable sharp, fierce and cruel tragic and premature joyful and courageous least, grim least premeditated tardy, painful common ignoble invariably feigned real or painful ignominious and most cruel shameful sacrificial rigorous and merciless cold and tragic tranquil and almost animal tragic and disgraceful sad but quick premature but natural intensive and frequent certain and fearful figurative or allegorical sure and infamous sudden tragical welcome gaunt slow, agonizing swift and merciful sudden and tragic cruel and ignominious virtually dead violent, fiery instantly impending excessively feeble own impending headstrong, emotional hideous magical speedy and horrible final, sudden painless and instantaneous speedy, violent quick, humane always deal own fast-approaching horrible and painful irreversible biological violent, senseless sudden and painless incurable evil black and sudden quiet and sudden yellow, silent nearly painless mysterious sudden possible speedy premature and sudden recent and sudden slow or sudden quick clean certain and terrible silent and unobserved terribly sudden slow and agonizing quick, clean drawn-out, messy mysterious, messy necessarily honorable quick and almost painless painful public sudden and black imminent messy unnecessarily horrible immediate and humiliating immediate or eventual safely counterfeit slow excruciating sudden, meaningless little relativistic slower, painful loyal past symbolically tame inconvenient, undiplomatic utterly unpleasant honorable and bloody slow and unpleasant sick and painful weirdly flaming unpleasant slow deal large-scale fairly unexpected easy and comparatively painless mutual, honorable deal fiery swift, merciful cruel violent bloody and ignominious fevered, slow slow and exquisitely painful horrifying watery recent and impending intolerable luminous unfair and horrible evil, meridial natural or easy impending, unavoidable recent sudden dead, painful deal gradual imminent and seemingly inevitable bitter, unfulfilled violent and unhappy automatic and painful same soviet sure, sizzling drawn-out, agonizing gruesome and mysterious presumedly accidental strange, temporary monstrous half-completed half-completed imperial merciful quick personal, innocent spiked and flaming less horrendous brave but useless ever feigned ago--accidental possible literal often quick and unexpected hellishly convenient mostly unexpected undoubtedly terrible unattended, unusual slow and terror-filled slow and inexorable suitably agonizing unfortunate and untidy unrelated, unwarranted horrific, heroic mutual true imminent, inescapable unavoidable, nightmarish gruesome and inescapable violent or shameful immediate soulless unfortunate accidental perhaps fiery downright ignominious sudden undeserved lurid and sensational craggy, promising unnecessary premature chaotic bloody certainly real and permanent certainly real rarely quick rarely quick and clean solitary and unexpected quick but very unpleasant quick and decent secret and premature loneliest and coldest painless and merciful fiery double long and exceedingly painful empty, arbitrary rough, swift numb, painless sure and unquiet somehow violent almost inevitable and terrible spectacular and fiery probably speedy sudden and deplorable whole imminent rapid and extremely painful flaming meteoritic imminent bloody easier or kinder impending bloody sudden or unnatural speedy and premature quick but agonizing certain but honorable equally certain but dishonorable uncertain but honorable immortal welcome permanent irreversible empty, eternal sudden, soulless inglorious and pointless painful, degrading deplorably heavy certain but easy natural or violent horrible, disgraceful everywhere sudden guilty certain immediate ignominious moral and continual better stainless pitiably frightful inopportune and treacherous certain and most degrading instant horrible violent shameful grim imperious loathsome and notorious quick and impassioned sudden and courageous sooner welcome inglorious and black sudden and probably violent relentless and irremediable recent and premature speedy, painless imminent, implacable probably instantaneous shocking unchristian suddenly feigned fierce noble merciless, unavoidable respectable and peaceful strange and perhaps miraculous evil and pale gradual sensible voluntary and willing terrible and reluctant perfect and grim premature and barbarous calm and sudden finally violent therefore eternal or everlasting sorrowful suicidal premature stoical instantaneous and cruel visibly nearer sudden, cruel and violent consequence--physical frightful agonizing painful, gradual and ignominious moderately painless almost inevitable and speedy peaceful, triumphant solitary, cruel painful and infamous imminent, awful pathetic, perfumed specially ignominious piteous and unfortunate grim sullen ~accidental dreary and premature squalid brutal purposeless unheroic blinding, sulphurous seemingly inevitable and imminent peculiarly unpleasant and unnecessary sweet and fortunate tragic and unforeseen apparent but speedy certain and bloody inevitable and miserable ignominious and terrible heroic, hapless hapless and unnecessary brown and greasy sudden and easier absolute impenetrable therefore distant hasty but painful general, somatic bassal gleizal endless everlasting villainous and most shameful short temporal cruel and obscure tragic and self-sacrificing gaunt and gray grim, gaunt and gray lastly cruel noisy but insidious black and pitiless pitiful and glorious dreadful and most cruel unimpeachably natural pestilental and moral violent and excruciating dark rival unpremeditated physical crippling or sudden certainly impending unexpected or violent dreadfully sudden probable swift flat, neat warm and watery happy, sacred perceptible, irrevocable callous, inexorable disgraceful, terrible alive, thy violent and frightful premature and glorious actually sudden heroic or noble eternal and substantial other, physical imaginable violent sudden or awful swift or agonizing perhaps instantaneous vicarious and everlasting violent and yet triumphant sodden and abominable deal pitiless bitter and guiltless deserving natural shameful ignominious grim stark sudden and pitiful ever murderous slower but still certain sad and suspicious symbolic-real longest and most uncomfortable bright deal sure oncoming often instantaneous instantaneous and awful speedy and dreadful speedy and agonizing swift and irrevocable fatally premature actual or only apparent sudden but merciful feathery, shadowy lame, feigned bearded grim famous and tragical miserable, nameless once sudden deal shameful earliest, mysterious natural, easier corrupt and altogether victorious altogether victorious still fresh and open easy and quicker consistent and noble perfectly sacrificial painful and treacherous secret, vague premature and ignominious gradual and unnoticed physical or popular supposititiously heroic sad but poetic glorious, spectacular miserable ignominious agonizing, painful sharp shameful sudden and very singular unspeakable oriental horrible and irresistable awful, wholesale mid wretched possible swift unhurried and impartial merely premature forth leaden unmeritedly despairing hideous, disgraceful violent and sad imprudent, criminal horrible sure unfortunate sudden speedy or even violent dangerous and apparently nearer precious, mere slow, sudden pale meager needlessly painful puzzling, eternal sudden and ignoble preferred nateral certain and needless premature and unexpected actual, bloody unceasing interstitial sadly inglorious horrible and certain shocking violent dreadful, undeserved startling but convenient certain and most terrible flesh--moral rather actual fair and evident heroic but inconvenient recent and romantic sudden and barbarous premature tragic sudden and almost painless enough--mechanical sure enough--mechanical horrible and inglorious slow sudden prophecy—tragical prophecy--tragical painful, frightful black frantic sudden and peculiarly sad violent or natural useful or brave speedy and ignominious sudden piteous usually rapid or sudden long seeming horrible and premature miserable and speedy painless and even pleasant sudden or unexplainable incidentally needless pathetic, deplorable stealthy catlike awful twofold dear, beauteous disgusting disgraceful instantaneous but eternal impending awful evil and sudden painless or easy serious and forceful sudden and perhaps painful serene and divine shameful, ignoble brilliant, spectacular back oncoming early tragical ever active and influential imminent and unavoidable practically slow and certain practically slow unexpected and awful speedy violent actual and entire soon devastating probably frightful agonizing and shameful un-precedentedly rapid nearer violent unquestionably physical agonizing and painful loathsome natural dreadful and disgraceful peaceful, welcome premature national fearfully tragic swift miraculous exciting and quickest certain and perhaps horrible perhaps horrible precisely exact merciful and sudden violent and wretched picturesque and terrific singularly incessant allegorical or ideal serene and intrepid always decent and explicable always decent sweet and triumphant cruel but triumphant last, mental disease--general local disease--general legitimately immediate merciful and painless cosmical and heroic immature and unexpected fair, sharp absolutely fitting deal inevitable well-nigh painless desperate, triumphant wholly inglorious evil and moral swift, heroic brave merciful slow and helpless unexpected, lurid speedy, certain inglorious and miserable imminent and violent comparatively premature gloucester--accidental sadly sudden ignominious and undeserved watery and unfamiliar subsequent cruel possibly ignominious preferred sudden inhuman transcendent quick but violent sure and horrible closely impending vile, eternal extra-special awful sad and voluntary speedy, public and ignominious terrible and instantaneous future--only immediate brave perpetual indestructible and seeming sudden, irresponsible swiftly anguished unconditioned civil exactly loving strange witty continual human haply bloody consciously nearer slow, filthy deliberately self-inflicted immature and relentless self-sacrificing, daring arrival and sudden truly pale premature or accidental dismal and otherwise squalid premature and appalling slow delinquent ultimate sad slow miserable deal mutual oft insidious easy and characteristic peaceful and triumphant ignoble, ridiculous slow corrupt speedy and disgraceful brave, ironic xii_--tragical perennial, sweet fight--individual or even tribal fight--individual violent, shameful merciful and unconscious violent, sudden or mysterious quick, painless ignominious sudden and premature quick and messy slow, horrible horrible and sudden unutterably boring cruel, shameful quick and painful protracted and agonizing honorable voluntary soft, poor hideously painful imminent and certain next accidental quick, glorious naitural public and shameful own imminent comparatively painless bizarre and mysterious sudden, tragic public and ignominious real final sweet, swift hideous, drawn-out funny hot hideous and protracted sudden and certain probably sure probably quick spiritual and glorious ignominious and public final, total untimely tragic silent, sudden slow, debilitating pointless, senseless tempting certain violent, flaming stunningly graceful relatively quick and painless horrid outlandish slow, foul needless, horrible swift and honorable immensely horrible vicious, horrible now speedy horridly realistic such azure quicker, happier peaceful and merciful cruel and premature slow and very painful welcome present violent and striking distant but inevitable vile and shameful conscious and perpetual painful and shameful pious, tranquil nearer and ever nearer imminent and dreadful quick and honorable quite inglorious trial and cruel agreeable and easier often premature sure, relentless present and inevitable tragic, miserable still speedier whole, impartial terrible and certain premature or violent violent and certain pious and penitential awful and cruel sudden or mysterious sure, sudden violent and tragic seemingly certain sad and sudden quick painless forth invisible singularly absurd needless human slow and sorry hideous, painful apparent certain gloomy and tragic horrible, agonizing certain and present red and terrible sudden and bloody invincible and inevitable speedy and violent mysteriously sudden welcome gallant noble, peaceful certain and imminent certain and instantaneous sure slow apparent but unreal sad, heroic commutual accidental sudden painful and agonizing immediate and unavoidable late brutal poor feathered stern solitary equally miserable evidently preferred well-nigh certain ignominious and painful cruel and fearful preferred certain swift clean semi-accidental fast clean sudden and ignominious perhaps sudden terrible and disgraceful origi-nal violent and horrible deserving eternal dreadful and violent premature stupid and pointless sudden and cruel painless violent and bloody chaste worth equally unusable shocking and unfair strange and macabre comparatively merciful singularly messy cleaner, quicker slow and unbearable rly messy ngularly messy cruel, gruesome drawn-out and hideous agonizing, messy sudden and quiet own purported untimely horrible, protracted stark, eternal genuine gladiatorial ancient, chemical squalid and pointless publicly unexplained sudden, terrible and massive

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Words to Describe death

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "death" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "death" are: rigid, dreadful, violent and shameful, unseen, bloody, sure sudden, and violent and ignominious. There are 995 other words to describe death listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe death suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "death" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many death adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is death?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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