Meanings
adjectivedeathlike (comparative more deathlike, superlative most deathlike)
comparative more deathlike · superlative most deathlike · alternative death-like
- Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
1 more example
They passed me within six inches, without a glance, with that complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205 - obsoleteDeadly.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishdeath
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishdeathlike
Translations
Esperanto kvazaŭ-morta
- kvazaŭ-mortaresembling death
Finnish kuoleman kaltainen
- kuoleman kaltainenresembling death
German totengleich
- totengleichresembling death
Cite this entry
APA
deathlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathlike
MLA
“deathlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deathlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathlike.
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