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deathlike

[deth-lahyk]

death·like

[deth-lahyk]
adjective
resembling death.

Origin:
1540–50; death + -like; compare Old English dēathlīc deathly
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Deathlike is always a great word to know.
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deathlike

adjective
having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" 
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