Associations to the word «Departed»

Wiktionary

DEPARTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of depart
DEPARTED, adjective. (euphemistic) dead
DEPARTED, noun. (euphemistic) A dead person or persons.

Dictionary definition

DEPARTED, noun. Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done".
DEPARTED, adjective. Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era".
DEPARTED, adjective. Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley