deadlike
deadlike adjective: synonym of deathlike.
Adjective
deadlike (comparative more deadlike, superlative most deadlike)
- Synonym of deathlike.
- “[…]—I hollooed, but ye didn’t hear me, for I saw him catch ye just at the back of the head, in the large o’ the neck—a ticklish sort of a place—and down ye went—lor, sir, for all the world like a pig o’ lead. I never thought to have heard ye speak in this world again, ye went down so deadlike! and...1834, William Johnson Neale, Will Watch: From the Auto-biography of a British Officer, volume 1, page 129
- 4. Jungle/tropical forests vs cold, snowy areas. The cold, snowy areas represent people who are spiritually cold and almost deadlike.2005 March 22, Nora Maiden, A Practical Guide to Christian Maturity & Love, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 206
- Synonyms:
- deathlike
Examples of deadlike in a sentence
- I never thought to have heard ye speak in this world again, ye went down so deadlike! and now the worst is over, a hard time ye’ve had of it and no wonder!”1834, William Johnson Neale, Will Watch: From the Auto-biography of a British Officer, volume 1, page 129:
- It was cold and clammy, a deadlike feeling.2010 December, Sharon Orsack, “Chapter One”, in Bobby & Me: A Novel, Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 9:
Synonyms of deadlike
Forms of deadlike
| comparative | more deadlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deadlike |
Origin of deadlike
From dead + -like.
Questions about deadlike
- What does deadlike mean?
- Deadlike means synonym of deathlike.
- How do you use deadlike in a sentence?
- I never thought to have heard ye speak in this world again, ye went down so deadlike! and now the worst is over, a hard time ye’ve had of it and no wonder!”
- What part of speech is deadlike?
- Deadlike is an adjective.
Words near deadlike in the dictionary
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