blah vs dead

blah

adj
  • Dull; uninteresting; insipid. 

  • Low in spirit or health; down. 

verb
  • To utter idle, meaningless talk. 

intj
  • An expression of mild frustration. 

  • Representing the sound of vomiting. 

  • Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant. 

noun
  • (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc. 

  • Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk. 

dead

adj
  • Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat. 

  • Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead (literally or as a hyperbole). 

  • Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live. 

  • Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life). 

  • Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic. 

  • Broken or inoperable. 

  • Not imparting motion or power by design. 

  • Not in play. 

  • Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke. 

  • Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty. 

  • Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property. 

  • Tagged out. 

  • So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored or ostracized. 

  • Stationary; static; immobile or immovable. 

  • Without emotion; impassive. 

  • Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. 

  • No longer living; (usually only when referring to people) deceased. (Also used as a noun.) 

  • Unproductive; fallow. 

  • Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia). 

  • Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc). 

  • Devoid of living things; barren. 

  • No longer used or required. 

  • Exact; on the dot. 

adv
  • Exactly. 

  • As if dead. 

  • Very, absolutely, extremely. 

  • Suddenly and completely. 

noun
  • (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings. 

  • Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense. 

verb
  • To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour. 

  • To kill. 

  • To prevent by disabling; stop. 

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