DEATHLY


Meaning of DEATHLY in English

adjective

1.

suggesting death (as in inertness or appearance)

fell in a deathly faint

Synonyms: corpselike, corpsy, dead, deadened, deadly, deathful, deathlike

Related Word: cadaverous, haggard, wasted; ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre; appalling, dreadful, horrible

Contrasted words: healthy, hearty, robust; stout, sturdy; energetic, strenuous, vigorous

2.

Synonyms: deadly 1, fatal, lethal, mortal, mortiferous, pestilent, pestilential

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