Meanings
adjectiveterminally ill (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving an incurable condition that will lead to death.
In January snows, No. 349 rolls the 'Patriot' through Groton, Connecticut, with quite a lengthy consist - showing at least some signs of increased patronage for the, once almost terminally ill, passenger train.
1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 169, photo caption
Translations
Finnish kuolemansairas
- kuolemansairashaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
German todkrank
- todkrankhaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
Polish nieuleczalnie chory
- nieuleczalnie choryhaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
Romanian bolnav de moarte
- bolnav de moartehaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
Spanish desahuciado, enfermo terminal
- desahuciadohaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
- enfermo terminalhaving an incurable condition that will lead to death
Cite this entry
APA
terminally ill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminally%20ill
MLA
“terminally ill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminally%20ill. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terminally ill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminally%20ill.
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