Meanings
plural angels of death
- A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
- An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
Synonyms: death angel
- Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- The Grim Reaper.
- translationsA shinigami.
- crimeA type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients.
2021 February 12, Vikram Dodd, “Colin Norris: serial killer nurse conviction sent to court of appeal”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: angel of mercy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
nounA type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
nounSynonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).
Translations
Arabic مَلَك الْمَوْت, مَلَك مَوْت
- مَلَك الْمَوْت (malak al-mawt)personification of death in fiction and in art
- مَلَك مَوْت (malak mawt)personification of death in fiction and in art
Bulgarian а́нгел на смъртта́
- а́нгел на смъртта́ (ángel na smărttá)personification of death in fiction and in art
Catalan àngel de la mort
- àngel de la mortpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Danish dødsengel
- dødsengelpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Dutch engel des doods, doodsengel
- engel des doodspersonification of death in fiction and in art
- doodsengelpersonification of death in fiction and in art
- worgengelpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Finnish kuolemanenkeli, kuolemanenkeli
- kuolemanenkelitype of serial killer
- kuolemanenkelipersonification of death in fiction and in art
French ange de la mort
- ange de la mortpersonification of death in fiction and in art
German Todesengel
- Todesengelpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Greek άγγελος θανάτου
- άγγελος θανάτου (ángelos thanátou)personification of death in fiction and in art
Hebrew מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת
- מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת (mal'ákh hamávet)personification of death in fiction and in art
Hungarian halál angyala, halál angyala
- halál angyalatype of serial killer
- halál angyalapersonification of death in fiction and in art
Icelandic maðurinn með ljáinn, dauðinn
- maðurinn með ljáinnpersonification of death in fiction and in art
- dauðinnpersonification of death in fiction and in art
- engill dauðanspersonification of death in fiction and in art
Italian angelo della morte
- angelo della mortepersonification of death in fiction and in art
Korean 사신
- 사신 (sasin)personification of death in fiction and in art
Polish anioł śmierci, anioł śmierci
- anioł śmiercitype of serial killer
- anioł śmiercipersonification of death in fiction and in art
Portuguese anjo da morte
- anjo da mortepersonification of death in fiction and in art
Romanian îngerul morții
- îngerul morțiipersonification of death in fiction and in art
Russian а́нгел сме́рти, смерть
- а́нгел сме́рти (ángel smérti)personification of death in fiction and in art
- смерть (smertʹ)personification of death in fiction and in art
Spanish ángel de la muerte
- ángel de la muertepersonification of death in fiction and in art
Swedish dödsängel, dödsängel
- dödsängeltype of serial killer
- dödsängelpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Turkish ölüm meleği
- ölüm meleğipersonification of death in fiction and in art
Vietnamese tử thần, thần chết
- tử thầnpersonification of death in fiction and in art
- thần chếtpersonification of death in fiction and in art
Yiddish מלאך־המות
- מלאך־המות (malakhamoves)personification of death in fiction and in art
Cite this entry
angel of death. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20of%20death
“angel of death.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20of%20death. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angel of death,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20of%20death.
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