Lifeless and Quick

Lifeless

Lifeless adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: the kayaker's lifeless body was found just downstream of the rapids where he had capsized

Quick is an antonym for lifeless.

Nearby Words: life, lifelessly

Quick

Quick adjective - Having or showing life.
Usage example: after the battle, there was a hurried accounting of the quick and the dead

Lifeless is an antonym for quick.

Nearby Words: quicken, quickly, quickness, quickie

Both words in one sentence

  • Dies Wide Open A British PIF/PSA zoomed out of the blank lifeless eyes of a fatally injured young woman who had been run over by a driver who had stopped for a 'quick drink' before he hit her.
  • Undying Loyalty He is very quick to get into a shouting match with all sorts of divinities that insult her, and even when she was possessed and sent his lifeless body to slaughter untold amounts of innocent people, he gave everything to bring her back to herself again.
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