Corpse

[Corpse]

Another name for a dead body is corpse. You might hear the word on TV crime shows, but a corpse doesn't have to be a crime victim, just any lifeless body.

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A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly.

Noun
the dead body of a human being

n.
A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.

n.
The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.

Corpse

Corpse (k?rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs.] &hand; Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1. 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.

A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly.

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Usage Examples

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.

The prospects for a coherent, hilarious and consistent American comedy seem to lessen every year, as the poor waterlogged, gassy corpse called 'Evan Almighty' proved when it floated ashore recently. So there's a temptation to think too highly of Robin Williams's uneven but occasionally funny 'License to Wed.'

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice.

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.

I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer. She doesn't actually have that many scenes.

My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket.

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.