Deathlike
['dɛθ,laɪk]
Definition
(adj.) having the physical appearance of death; 'a deathly pallor' .
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Definition
(a.) Resembling death.
(a.) Deadly.
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Examples
- Cold, colourless, and vague, it sends a warning streak before it of a deathlike hue, as if it cried out, Look what I am bringing you who watch there! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For a long time no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle midday save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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