death-bearing

adjective

Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive

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Meanings

adjectivedeath-bearing (comparative more death-bearing, superlative most death-bearing)

comparative more death-bearing · superlative most death-bearing

  1. Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive

    A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes.

    2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept

Origin

From death + bearing. Compare Old English dēaþbǣre, cwealmbǣre (literally “death-bearing”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with death-bearing

sharingwearingbearingcaringstaringdaringpairingtearingswearingairingglaringwaringbaringparingfairingfaringabearingtaring
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Cite this entry
APA

death-bearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death-bearing

MLA

“death-bearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death-bearing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death-bearing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death-bearing.

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