wake the dead

verb

To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

“Meronyms: eulogize; elegize”

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Meanings

verbwake the dead (third-person singular simple present wakes the dead, present participle waking the dead, simple past woke the dead, past participle woken the dead)

present singular third person wakes the dead · participle present waking the dead · past woke the dead · participle past woken the dead

  1. figurativelyidiomaticinformalTo be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

    For God's sake, kids, pipe down — you're going to wake the dead with that racket!

    Synonyms: raise the dead, raise hell

  2. uncommonUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.

    Meronyms: eulogize; elegize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

Similar
raise the deadraise hell
Also see
raise hellraise the dead
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APA

wake the dead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20the%20dead

MLA

“wake the dead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20the%20dead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wake the dead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20the%20dead.

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