Dead and Lively

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Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather
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Lively is an antonym for dead in topics: spiritless, no longer alive.
Nearby Word: deadly

Lively

Lively adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Usage example: the lively puppy was racing around the dining room floor chasing after people's shoelaces
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Dead is an antonym for lively.
Nearby Words: liveliness, liven
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  • The Dead Can Dance After he and Scully walk away, and just before the credits, you see a (fake) cemetery full of the dead dancing to some lively tune.
    Source: The Dead Can Dance
  • Reaper of Souls has Westmarch, a once-lively city littered with corpses and two courtyards nearly paved with piles of the dead.
    Source: Scenery Gorn / Video Games
  • The Dead Can Dance It's a lively tune about someone visiting Mexico during el Día de los Muertos (November 1, or the Day of the Dead/All Souls' Day), with expected results.
    Source: The Dead Can Dance
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