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deathlike

deathlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of death.

Adjective

deathlike (comparative more deathlike, superlative most deathlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of death.
    • They passed me within six inches, without a glance, with that complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205
    • a deathlike silence
  2. (obsolete) Deadly.

deathlike meaning in Marathi

deathlike in Marathi

resembling death
मृत्यूसारखा mŕtyūsārkhā

Synonyms of deathlike

Forms of deathlike

comparativemore deathlike
superlativemost deathlike
alternative formdeath-like

Origin of deathlike

From death + -like.

Questions about deathlike

What does deathlike mean?
Deathlike means resembling or characteristic of death.
What is deathlike in Marathi?
Deathlike in Marathi is मृत्यूसारखा (mŕtyūsārkhā). See Deathlike meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is deathlike?
Deathlike is an adjective.

Words near deathlike in the dictionary

  1. deathlessly
  2. deathlessness
  3. deathlessnesses
  4. deathlier
  5. deathliest
  6. deathlike
  7. deathlily
  8. deathliness
  9. deathling
  10. deathlings
  11. deathlock

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