a living death



a living death

a life that is so full of suffering that it would be better to be dead She can't walk, she can't feed herself and she can scarcely speak. It's a living death. For me, marriage to someone like that would be a living death.
See also: death, living

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bjarke-Danish
Stana-Czech, Serbian, Croatian
Abidemi-Western African, Yoruba
Ale (2)-Frisian
Elkanahel-KAYN-ə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Rosalba-Italian