'Stillborn' definitions:
Definition of 'stillborn'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [syn: abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful]
adjective
(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"
Definition of 'Stillborn'
From: GCIDE
- Stillborn \Still"born`\, a.
- 1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stillborn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abortive,
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at rest,
- bearing,
- bereft of life,
- bootless,
- born,
- breathless,
- called home,
- calved,
- carrion,
- cast,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- demised,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- done for,
- dropped,
- exanimate,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallen,
- finished,
- foaled,
- food for worms,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- given birth,
- giving birth,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- hatched,
- inanimate,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- lame,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- lifeless,
- manque,
- martyred,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nee,
- newborn,
- no more,
- of no effect,
- passed on,
- pushing up daisies,
- released,
- reposing,
- resting easy,
- sainted,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- stickit,
- still,
- successless,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- whelped,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions