deathlike

[ deth-lahyk ]
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adjective
  1. resembling death.

Origin of deathlike

1
1540–50; death + -like; compare Old English dēathlīcdeathly

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How to use deathlike in a sentence

  • No wonder that their haggard, pale faces grew each day more deathlike.

  • With every step of advance the brooding silence seemed more profound, more deathlike.

    Keith of the Border | Randall Parrish
  • The flabby face grew more deathlike, until the burning eyes seemed peering from the face of a corpse.

    The Crevice | William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • His face grew more deathlike, his mouth trembled, his eyes rolled, his head dropped.

    A Confederate Girl's Diary | Sarah Margan Dawson
  • A sense of oppression came over the two watchers as the minutes grew longer and more deathlike in their stillness.

    Graustark | George Barr McCutcheon