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
StiinaSTEE:-nahFinnish
Ratnam-Indian, Telugu
Alekseyah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
SalliSAHL-leeFinnish
HansHAHNS (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Antanas-Lithuanian