Deathlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of death.

    "They passed me within six inches, without a glance, with that complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages."

  2. 2
    Deadly. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the physical appearance of death wordnet

Synonyms

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bluecadaverousdeaddeadlikedeadlydeathly

Example

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"Afterwards when they went out there was not a soul on the sea-front. The town with its cypresses had quite a deathlike air, but the sea still broke noisily on the shore."

Etymology

From death + -like.

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