1. deceased

adjective. ['dɪˈsiːst'] dead.

Rhymes with Deceased

• unreleased
• trendiest
• northeast
• increased
• dupriest
• depriest
• decreased
• bankeast
• vannest
• toniest
• southeast
• released
• policed
• trieste
• priest
• greased
• fleeced
• yeast
• weast
• teast
• pieced
• least
• leased
• keast
• feast
• beast
• east

How do you pronounce deceased?

Pronounce deceased as dɪˈsist.

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Sentences with deceased

1. Adjective
Its title must reference both you as the deceased account owner and the name of your beneficiary.

2. Verb, past participle
As such, before you make your toast to the deceased, make sure people's glasses are full.

Quotes about deceased

1. Relationships take up energy; letting go of them, psychiatrists theorize, entails mental work. When you lose someone you were close to, you have to reassess your picture of the world and your place in it. The more your identity was wrapped up with the deceased, the more difficult the loss.
- Meghan O'Rourke

2. When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying.
- Don DeLillo, White Noise

2. deceased

noun. ['dɪˈsiːst'] someone who is no longer alive.