English Explanatory Dictionary

ossified

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).
  2. Inflexible, old-fashioned.
  3. Drunk.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of ossify

Pronunciation

En-au-ossified.ogg

Word forms

ossified more ossified most ossified

Synonyms

outdated outmoded out of date passé inflexible rigid anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antiquated antique archaic backward backwards behind the times cobwebbed cobwebby dated defunct desuete discontinued disused dootsie elderly extinct expired fossilized Havishamesque hoary idle Miss Havishamesque mouldy obsolete old oldfangled old-fashioned old school out of fashion outworn parachronistic primitive superannuated superseded unemployed unoccupied venerable workless basic cheugy cringe cringey cringeworthy démodé inelegant last year normie old-hat ossified out out of touch

Derived words

coossified hyperossified nonossified underossified unossified
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