deathful

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adjective

Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.

OriginMiddle English dethful →
First used 13th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivedeathful (comparative more deathful, superlative most deathful)

comparative more deathful · superlative most deathful

  1. Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.First known use 13th c.

    Five hapless swains with soft allusive smiles / The harlot meshes in her deathful toils […].

    1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 111
  2. Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.First known use 15th c.
  3. literarySubject to death; mortal.First known use 17th c.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdethful
  2. Englishdeathful

From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful.

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APA

deathful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathful

MLA

“deathful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deathful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathful.

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