Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet."
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Knell
//nel//
Synonyms for "knell" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
gravegraveside orationgrievehand of deathjanglejaws of deathjinglejingle-janglejinglejanglejinglingkeenknellinglamentlast debtlast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleepleaving lifeloss of life
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making an endmoanmonodymournpartingpassingpassing awaypassing bellpassing overpealpeal ringingpealingperishingquietusreleaserepinerequiemrestrewardring changesringingsentence of deathshades of deathshadow of deathsighsing the bluessleepsomatic deathsorrowsoundsound a knellsummons of deaththrenodethrenodytingting-a-lingtingletinglingtinktinkletinklingtinnitustintinnabulatetollingweepweep over
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Translations
41 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- камбанен звън noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- бия на умряло verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Catalan
3 entries- toc noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- tocar verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- tocar verb (to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell)
Czech
3 entries- umíráček noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- zvonit verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- zvonit verb (to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell)
Finnish
4 entries- kellonsoitto noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- kilinä noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- kumina noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- soitto noun (sound of a bell knelling)
French
3 entries- glas noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- sonner le glas verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- sonner le glas verb (to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell)
Galician
3 entries- releixo noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- releixar verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- tocar a defunto verb (to ring a bell slowly)
German
3 entries- Abschiedsgeläut noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- Geläut noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- letztes Geläut noun (sound of a bell knelling)
Italian
1 entries- rintocco noun (sound of a bell knelling)
Middle English
2 entries- knyl noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- knyllen verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Polish
4 entries- podzwonne noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- bić w dzwon verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- bić w dzwon verb (to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell)
- dzwonić verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Russian
2 entries- звон noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- звони́ть verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- beum-cluig noun (sound of a bell knelling)
- seirm verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- seirm verb (to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell)
Spanish
3 entries- clamorear verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- doblar verb (to ring a bell slowly)
- encordar verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Swedish
1 entries- kimma verb (to ring a bell slowly)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Do the dancing maidens sleep, or are they dead? The scent of the flower says that they are corpses. The evening bell tolls their knell.
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That would sound the death knell for many industrial undertakings.
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I’ll make thee sick at heart, before I leave thee, And groan, and die indeed, and be worth nothing, Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee […]
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