deathsome

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adjective

Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.

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Meanings

adjectivedeathsome (comparative more deathsome, superlative most deathsome)

comparative more deathsome · superlative most deathsome

  1. Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.

    But I'm lying as I be / Under a deathsome tree

    2016, Jack Kerouac, Scattered Poems
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    He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips.

    1994, Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood

    The Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania was a wild and deathsome place when I entered the world in 1782.

    2007, Broos Campbell, The War of Knives

Origin

From death + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

homestead
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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