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deathly

[deth-lee] / ˈdɛθ li /
ADJECTIVE
suggesting end of life
Synonyms
WEAK
appalling cadaverous corpselike deathlike defunctive dreadful gaunt ghastly grim gruesome haggard horrible macabre pale pallid wan wasted
Antonyms
WEAK
animated beginning benign blooming blossoming harmless healthful healthy life-giving lively strengthening
ADJECTIVE
fatal
Synonyms
WEAK
deadly extreme intense lethal mortal mortiferous noxious pestilent pestilential terrible
Antonyms
WEAK
animated beginning benign blooming blossoming harmless healthful healthy life-giving lively strengthening

Example Sentences

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Lawren Babek had three cats when she went on a first date in 2008 with a man who said he was deathly allergic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The atmosphere among those who came to mourn the tragedy was deathly quiet.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

As he struggled with a system, which aimed to preserve secrecy and deepen separation, he didn’t know about a deathly further dimension to the institutional inhumanity.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

Sure, but whatever one feels about the ethics of “Emilia Pérez,” the bigger problem, for me, is that it quickly begins to take itself deathly seriously.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Wrung to exhaustion and deathly pale, he slid from Seabiscuit’s back.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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