ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exanimate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Exanimate is an adjective meaning Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

Meaning

Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

More Meanings

  1. Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of animation or of life.

Example Sentences

carckasses exanimate
Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.

Word Forms

Synonyms for exanimate

Depending on context, synonyms include dejected, dead, lifeless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lifeless, dead, liveless, exanimous, dead-alive, subanimate.

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