Definition of Deathlike

1. Adjective. Having the physical appearance of death. "A deathly pallor"

Exact synonyms: Deathly
Similar to: Dead

Definition of Deathlike

1. a. Resembling death.

Definition of Deathlike

1. Adjective. Resembling death. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Deadly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deathlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathlike

deathers
deathfic
deathfics
deathful
deathfulness
deathhouse
deathhouses
deathier
deathiest
deathiness
deathless
deathlessly
deathlessness
deathlessnesses
deathlier
deathlike (current term)
deathlily
deathliness
deathlock
deathlocks
deathly
deathmatch
deathmatched
deathmatches
deathmatching
deathmonger
deathmongers
deathpunk
deathrate
deathray

Literary usage of Deathlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pioneering in South Brazil: Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the by Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (1878)
"deathlike appearance of people. —Hotel Cintra.—The Custom•house.—"Nigger" versus white man.—On some peculiarities of appearances and customs of Kio de ..."

2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"Lord Middleton was compelled to speak loudly in his ear to dispel his deathlike slumber.1 He started at first, but perceiving Middleton kneeling by him, ..."

3. Through Unexplored Asia by William Jameson Reid (1899)
"... store of provisions, the two men manning it being rescued only by the most arduous labour as they clung with deathlike tenacity to a protruding boulder. ..."

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