Brisk and Dead

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Brisk adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.

Usage example: a brisk exercise that many athletes use to warm up

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Dead is an antonym for brisk.

Nearby Words: briskness, briskly, brisked

Dead adjective - Of, relating to, or suggestive of death.

Usage example: fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news

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Brisk is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

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Dead and Brisk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brisk/dead

Brisk & Dead. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/brisk/dead>.

Dead or Brisk. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/brisk/dead.

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