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- [deth-lahyk]
- /ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/
- /ˈdeθ.laɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [deth-lahyk]
- /ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/
Definitions of deathlike word
- adjective deathlike resembling or suggestive of death 3
- adjective deathlike resembling death. 1
- adjective deathlike (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Deadly. 0
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Origin of deathlike
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; death + -like; compare Old English dēathlīc deathly
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Parts of speech for Deathlike
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
deathlike popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
deathlike usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deathlike
adj deathlike
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- ghastly — shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
adjective deathlike
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
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