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DEATHLIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deathlike mean? 

DEATHLIKE (adjective)
  The adjective DEATHLIKE has 1 sense:

1. having the physical appearance of deathplay

  Familiarity information: DEATHLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEATHLIKE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the physical appearance of death

Synonyms:

deathlike; deathly

Context example:

a deathly pallor

Similar:

dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)


 Context examples 


I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation—deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore, instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. Allen's bosom, Catherine sat erect, in the perfect use of her senses, and with cheeks only a little redder than usual.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)



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