Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless.

Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death. || Deadly, fatal, causing death. || Extreme.

Resistant to dying.

which leads toward death

Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. || followed by of; general use: || followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences: || followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes: || (now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause: || (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner: || (transitive) To stop living and undergo (a specified death). || (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely. || (intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead. || (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope. || (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation. || (figuratively, intransitive, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated. || (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down. || (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition). || To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct. || To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. || (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject. || (video game) To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition. || (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face. || To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. || (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.