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Antonyms for dead-end


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : ded-end
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˈɛnd



Definition of dead-end

Origin :
  • "closed end of a passage," 1886, from dead (adj.) + end (n.). Figurative use is attested from 1922. As an adjective, from 1928; as a verb, from 1921. Related: Deadender (by 1996).
  • As in blind : adj hidden or covered
  • As in dead end : noun cul-de-sac; deadlock
  • As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
Example sentences :
  • Just about the stuffiest, dullest, dead-end in the universe.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • He was heading into a dead-end street, but there was an alley leading from it.
  • Extract from : « Pursuit » by Lester del Rey
  • But to nurse back to health a man who was to be court-martialled and shot, truly that seemed a dead-end occupation.
  • Extract from : « The Backwash of War » by Ellen N. La Motte
  • Thirty-five years old and working a dead-end job like this—Sammy was thirty-five.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • There is very little traffic across the frontier, so that Bridgetown station is a sort of dead-end.
  • Extract from : « Meccania » by Owen Gregory
  • Perhaps the lone human on Jumala herded up into this dead-end valley by the globes or the blue beasts.
  • Extract from : « Star Hunter » by Andre Alice Norton
  • The dead-end of nowhere, Neale called it, and the automobile gathered speed as it went by.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • When he had neared the top he suddenly seemed to reach a dead-end; the stones were smooth above him.
  • Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr

Synonyms for dead-end

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