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My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Meaning of "living death" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVING DEATH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVING DEATH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Living death is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIVING DEATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of living death in the English dictionary

The definition of living death in the dictionary is a life or lengthy experience of constant misery.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVING DEATH

lividly
lividness
living
living bandage
living conditions
living dead
living expenses
living fossil
living history
living on borrowed time
living picture
living proof
living quarters
living room
living space
living standards
living wage
living will
livingly
livingness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVING DEATH

a matter of life and death
accidental death
brain death
breath
catch one´s death
death
flog to death
in at the death
kiss of death
life-and-death
life-or-death
like grim death
maternal death
megadeath
programmed cell death
put to death
scared to death
sudden cardiac death
sudden death
to death
wall of death

Synonyms and antonyms of living death in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «living death» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVING DEATH

Find out the translation of living death to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of living death from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «living death» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生不如死
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muerte en vida
570 millions of speakers

English

living death
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन मृत्यु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذين يعيشون الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

живет смерть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

morte em vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবিত মৃত্যুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mort-vivant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kematian hidup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tod leben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生き地獄
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생활 죽음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urip mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sống chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिवंत मृत्यू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yaşamak ölüm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

morte vivente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mieszka śmierć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

живе смерть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moarte vie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζουν το θάνατο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewende dood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

levande död
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

levende død
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of living death

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVING DEATH»

The term «living death» is regularly used and occupies the 57.934 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVING DEATH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about living death

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2 QUOTES WITH «LIVING DEATH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word living death.
1
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.
2
Ron Kovic
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVING DEATH»

Discover the use of living death in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to living death and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher Education
The contributions to this volume argue that the increasing corporatization of the academy—an environment emphasizing publication, narrow research, and the vulnerability of the tenure system— is creating a crisis in higher education best ...
Ruth Walker, Andrew Whelan, Christopher Moore, 2013
2
Thin Enough: My Spiritual Journey Through the Living Death ...
The author tells the story of her experiences with bulimia and anorexia and share the lies that drove her disordered behavior and the healing power of her faith in God.
Sheryle Cruse, 2005
3
Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature
Written for researchers and advanced students of medieval French and English literature, this book provides original, provocative interpretations of canonical medieval texts in the light of influential modern theories, especially Lacanian ...
Jane Gilbert, 2011
4
Living Death
The story and poetry in this book will help those left behind work through the feelings of guilt, anger, confusion, depression. As well as exploring the impact of grief, this book shows the devastating effects of schizophrenia.
Janis Tait, 2005
5
Living Death: Trauma of Widowhood in India
This work has deep bearing on the socio-economic condition of widows in Indian sub-continent where the discrimination against them is still rife.
V. Mohini Giri, 2002
6
Living Death: Loss, Mourning, and Ethnic Renewal in ...
The narrator in each of these four novels enacts a literary commemoration of familial loss and marginalization that enables recovery (or recreation) and reevaluation of disregarded and/or discarded histories and cultural identities.
Christa Baiada, 2007
7
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic ...
"What is it I hope for from this book?
Sogyal Rinpoche, 2009
8
Kierkegaard and Death
There is also, no doubt, a tendency for literal-minded philosophers to dismiss talk of living death as either “mere metaphor” or bald contradiction. Still, the despair- death identification is central in the “Preface,” “Introduction,” and “Part One, A” of  ...
Patrick Stokes, Adam Buben, 2011
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Life Belongs to the Living; Death Belongs to the Dead
I REST MY CASE…………………………………………………...OVER TO YOU http://www.seftonalzed.com/ SEFTON ALZED
Sefton Alzed, 2007
10
Love and Saint Augustine
Life on earth is a living death, mars vitalis, or vita mortalis. It is altogether determined by death; indeed it is more properly called death.8 For the constant fear that rules it prevents living, unless one equates being alive with being afraid. 9 This ...
Hannah Arendt, Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott, Judith Chelius Stark, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVING DEATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term living death is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scream Factory Details its Legacy - Dread Central
It is a birthright of the living death…Scream Factory proudly presents the Blu-ray debut of The Legacy on September 15, 2015. This release ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
2
Old Age Tragedy - The Northlines
Even when alive, some elderly people go through a kind of living death. There is nothing as agonizing as the feeling that they are a liability to ... «The Northlines, Jul 15»
3
Return Of Mass Damnation
... as evidently seen at gigs such as Maelstrom, Doom Over Colombo, Night of the Living Death, Black Metal Festival and Colombo Open Air. «Sunday Leader, Jul 15»
4
Obama Clemency Recipient Jason Hernandez Rebuilds Life As …
(Both Douglas and Hernandez were named in in a 2013 ACLU report entitled “A Living Death: Live Without Parole For Nonviolent Offenses,” ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
5
Review: In 'The Weir,' Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub
... so easily slide into a living death. (His other plays include “Shining City” and “The Seafarer,” both seen on Broadway.) The heart of “The Weir” ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Inside 5 Of India's Deadliest Prisons
To be sent to the Andamans, equaled living death. Construction began in 1893, just when Swami Vivekananda was delivering a speech to ... «Indiatimes.com, Jul 15»
7
Was St Maria Goretti's Purity in Her Body? Let's Ask St Augustine.
We also do not condemn women who have been raped to the living death of life-long shame. Or, at least, we shouldn't. The story of St Maria ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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City council votes not to allow 'in God we trust' in chambers; God had …
More like a living death. Jesus said “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth ... «BizPac Review, Jun 15»
9
It's Time For Greece To Say No To Murderous Austerity Of Its …
Unless the Troika realises this, and significant debts are written off, Greece's living death will continue — possibly without end — which appears ... «Eurasia Review, Jun 15»
10
Fight Night 70 Highlights/Results: Romero Obliterates Machida …
... Fight Night 70′s aforementioned co-main between Larkin and Santiago Ponzinibbio ended with the former beating the latter into the living death. I don't know ... «Cagepotato, Jun 15»

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