corpse Definition
corpse (kôrps)
noun
- a dead body, esp. of a person
- something once vigorous but now lifeless and of no use
- Obsolete a living body
Etymology: var. of corps
corpse Synonyms
corpse Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- rock: And quite possibly about to give the corpse of punk rock a good kicking.
- woman: There's the page with the corpse of the woman, there its match on the calendar.
- man: The woman descends into complete insanity and embraces the corpse of the only man she ever truely loved.
Converse of object
- mummify: A mother in Kazakhstan kept her daughter's mummified corpse in her flat for three years.
- reanimate: Now I have this syringe of glowing green gunk called an sql backup file that should reanimate the corpse.
- mutilate: In the morning they found her mutilated corpse in a ditch with her breasts cut off.
- dismember: The castle is said to be haunted by a murdered women, who appears as two separate pieces of her dismembered corpse.
- rot: His facial features alone take on the appearance of a rotting, human corpse.
- mangle: Thereupon, the rest plunged their swords into him, and he fell a mangled corpse.
Adjective modifier
- headless: His headless corpse was later found in a ditch.
- lifeless: By nature, at birth, spiritually we are like a lifeless corpse!
- exquisite: The end result is rather like a game of exquisite corpse.
- bloody: His bloody corpse, dragged in the stirrups by the terrified animal, revealed his fate to his attendants.
- dead: Or does kicking a dead corpse make you happy.
- fresh: But a fresh corpse could fetch £ 8, £ 9 or even £ 10, with all the work done in a day.
Modifies a noun
- candle: Corpse candles: First starting in Wales, this lore has become wide spread over the UK.
- bride: The corpse bride waited on the porch tapping her foot, declaring, " I want to celebrate my wedding night with my husband.
- road: Taking another bearing, we headed across the plateau to drop down to find the corpse road, a track linking Garrigill with Kirkland.
- way: Now that really does fit in exceptionally well with the ' guardian of the corpse ways ' concept.
- flower: Kew Gardens also saw the flowering of a corpse flower which is a feature of rainforest environments.
Browse dictionary entries near corpse
- ‹ corps de ballet
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- ‹ corposant
- ‹ corporeity
- ‹ corporeality
- ‹ corporeal
- ‹ corporator
- ‹ corporative
- ‹ corporatist
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