Bouncing and Dead

Bouncing

Bouncing adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Usage example: a bouncing dance routine that should be good for an aerobics class

Dead is an antonym for bouncing.

Nearby Words: bounce, bouncy, bounced, bouncer

Dead

Dead adjective - Of, relating to, or suggestive of death.
Usage example: fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news

Bouncing is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

Both words in one sentence

  • Jumping on a Grenade The Serbian film No Man's Land had something similar occur - a person presumed dead was set up with a bouncing mine underneath them.
  • Mauve Shirt While inmates in Dead Leaves are often killed off randomly and rapidly, Chinko Drill actually survived a lot, like repeatedly attacking 777 and just bouncing off.
    Source: Mauve Shirt
  • Everything Trying to Kill You Monty Python's Flying Circus has many bad things trying to kill Mr Gumby, including but not limited to dead parrots, Vikings on unicycles, pillow-tossing members of the Spanish Inquisition, piggy banks, vicious gangs of "Keep Left" signs and bouncing black spots.
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