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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wake the dead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables
wake the dead
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

wakes the dead (present, singular) waking the dead (participle, present) woke the dead (past) woken the dead (participle, past)

Synonyms

raise the dead raise hell

Questions

What does wake the dead mean?
To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

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