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deathsome

deathsome adjective: having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.

Adjective

deathsome (comparative more deathsome, superlative most deathsome)

  1. Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.
    • He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips.1994, Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood
    • The Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania was a wild and deathsome place when I entered the world in 1782.2007, Broos Campbell, The War of Knives

Forms of deathsome

comparativemore deathsome
superlativemost deathsome

Origin of deathsome

From death + -some.

Questions about deathsome

What does deathsome mean?
Deathsome means having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.
What part of speech is deathsome?
Deathsome is an adjective.

Words near deathsome in the dictionary

  1. deathscapes
  2. deathskull
  3. deathskulls
  4. deathsman
  5. deathsmen
  6. deathsome
  7. deathstalker
  8. deathstalkers
  9. deathstep
  10. deathstyle
  11. deathstyles

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