Dead and Sparky

Dead

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

Sparky is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

Sparky

Sparky adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Usage example: that sparky little kid tires me out just looking at him

Dead is an antonym for sparky.

Nearby Words: spark, sparked, sparking

Both words in one sentence

  • Caligula's Horse By the time of the episode, Sparky the dog had been dead for months — but his owner had him stuffed and mounted in his office and still took investment advice from it.
  • Western Animation / Frankenweenie How Sparky growls at the invisible-fish, foreshadowing how the animals that Edgar, Bob and Toshiaki's resurrected dead animals turn out quite disastrous.
  • Western Animation / Frankenweenie This version expands the story with some of Victor's fellow students discovering Sparky's miracle revival and deciding to create their own monster animals out of pets both living and dead.
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