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deathlike

 

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Adjective deathlike has 1 sense
  1. deathlike, deathly - having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor"
    Antonym: alive (indirect, via dead)

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Deathlike

Definitions:

  1. Adjective - Popular Sense: resembling or evoking death; extremely still, silent, or lifeless.

    Example Sentence: The eerie silence of the abandoned house gave it a deathlike atmosphere.

  2. Adjective - Local Sense: a term used in local folklore to describe supernatural creatures that bear an uncanny resemblance to the deceased.

    Example Sentence: According to the local legend, a deathlike being roams the cemetery after midnight.

  3. Adverb - Popular Sense: extremely, as if dead.

    Example Sentence: The patient lay deathlike still on the hospital bed.

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