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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 death
Familiarity information: DEATHLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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