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View definitions for corpselike

corpselike

adjective as in deadly

adjective as in deathlike

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Finally, he reaches the beach with a limp, corpselike lad—the last of the rescued crew.

Phillotson trembled, and his naturally pale face acquired a corpselike sharpness in its lines.

The expression of Jude's corpselike face in the watery lamplight was indeed as if he saw people where there was nobody.

Cousin Alfred turned a corpselike green; he froze in his tracks; his eyes rolled in their sockets.

"Petered at last," grunted Madden, staring at the corpselike face in dull speculation.

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On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corpselike, such as: ghastly, ashen, dead, deadened, deathful, and deathlike.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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