Synonyms for "deathwatch" (38 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

agonybooklouseburial servicedeath agoniesdeath groandeath rattle

Noun(2 words)

book lousebooklouse

Strong matches (11)

death struggledeath throesdeathbeddeathwatch beetledirgedying breatheulogyexequiesextreme unctionextremity

Noun(1 words)

deathwatch beetle

Related words (19)

final extremityfuneral orationfuneral riteslast agonylast breathlast dutylast gasplast honorslast officeslast ritesmoribundityobsequiesrequiemrequiem massthroes of deathviaticumwake

Noun(2 words)

liposcelis divinatoriusxestobium rufovillosum

Related word relations

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More general

2 entries

beetlepsocopterous insect

Synonyms

2 entries

booklousedeathwatch beetle

derived from

2 entries

deathwatch

related to

3 entries

deathwatch beetlefuneralvigil

Translations

12 translations across 6 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• бдение при умиращ noun (a vigil beside a dying person)
• бръмбар-гробар noun (a deathwatch beetle)

Catalan

1 entries

• escarabat del rellotge de la mort noun (a deathwatch beetle)

Finnish

3 entries

• puunkaivaja noun (a deathwatch beetle)
• ruumiinvalvojaiset noun (a vigil beside a dying person)
• valvojaiset noun (a vigil beside a dying person)

Galician

1 entries

• couza noun (a deathwatch beetle)

German

1 entries

• Totenwache noun (a vigil beside a dying person)

Russian

4 entries

• бо́дрствование у постели умирающего noun (a vigil beside a dying person)
• дежу́рство у постели умершего noun (a vigil beside a dying person)
• книжная вошь noun (a deathwatch beetle)
• точильщик пёстрый noun (a deathwatch beetle)

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