Definitions

defunctive

[dih-fuhngk-tiv] / dɪˈfʌŋk tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

deathly

Synonyms

WEAK

appalling cadaverous corpselike deathlike dreadful gaunt ghastly grim gruesome haggard horrible macabre pale pallid wan wasted

Antonyms

WEAK

animated beginning benign blooming blossoming harmless healthful healthy life-giving lively strengthening

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Defunctive music under sea Passed seaward with the passing bell Slowly: the God Hercules Had left him, that had loved him well.

From Poems by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)

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