Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

In extremis

prep_phrase

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    at the point of death wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    At the point of death.

    "Military records describing the deaths of men as a result of injuries sustained during combat employed the phrase in a (now near-obsolete) sense to describe a man on the verge of dying: […] 'He was in extremis when seen and died about 2 hours after the action ceased at 9 pm'."

  2. 2
    In desperate circumstances. broadly

    "The purpose, of course, was to find out if the prisoner, in extremis, broke down and wrote to a family in Israel."

Etymology

From Latin in extrēmīs.

See also for "in extremis"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: inextremis