Thesaurus / deathly
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One day in 2010, when oncologist Paul Muizelaar operated on a patient with glioblastoma—a brain tumor infamous for its deathly toll—he did something shocking.
TRIGGERING THE BODY’S DEFENSES TO FIGHT CANCER - ISSUE 108: CHANGELINA ZELDOVICHNOVEMBER 3, 2021NAUTILUS“The streets were deathly quiet as the horses pulled Lincoln’s car, hearse-like, through the dark streets,” Widmer wrote.
LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURATION MET WITH THREATS OF KIDNAPPING, KILLING AND MILITIASMICHAEL RUANEJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe bent forward, her chin resting upon her breast, and gradually the deathly sickness passed.
DOPESAX ROHMERDeathly pale, the teacher took a step toward the window, but hastily turned, and dashed from the room.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANLying there, with hollow cheeks, eyes closed and lips deathly pale, it seemed as if the spirit had already fled.
HUNTED AND HARRIEDR.M. BALLANTYNEI felt deathly sick, physically sick, fearing she was marked for death, fearing she was reserved for worse than death.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERAnd she raised her proud head higher, and looked about her and deep down with deathly eyes.
RUDY AND BABETTEHANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENHis face had sunk and wore a deathly pallor; the thick, black hair was thin and grey.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGInstantly, as ever, her quick mind grasped the meaning that lay back of the words and her face grew deathly white.
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLSHAROLD BELL WRIGHTAt last she raised her head and showed the deathly color of her face.
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDWORDS RELATED TO DEATHLY
- apoplectic
- at a standstill
- at rest
- becalmed
- dead
- deadlocked
- deathly
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- halted
- immobile
- immotile
- inanimate
- inert
- lifeless
- numb
- palsied
- paralyzed
- petrified
- quiescent
- quiet
- spellbound
- stable
- stagnant
- stalled
- standing
- static
- stationary
- steadfast
- still
- stock-still
- torpid
- transfixed
- unmovable
- unmoved
- unmoving
- at rest
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- close-mouthed
- closed
- deathlike
- deathly
- deathly quiet
- deathly still
- fixed
- halcyon
- hushed
- hushful
- inert
- lifeless
- noiseless
- pacific
- peaceful
- placid
- restful
- sealed
- serene
- silent
- smooth
- soundless
- stable
- stagnant
- static
- stationary
- stock-still
- tranquil
- undisturbed
- unruffled
- unstirring
- untroubled
- whist
- apoplectic
- at a standstill
- at rest
- becalmed
- dead
- deadlocked
- deathly
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- halted
- immobile
- immotile
- inanimate
- inert
- lifeless
- numb
- palsied
- paralyzed
- petrified
- quiescent
- quiet
- spellbound
- stable
- stagnant
- stalled
- standing
- static
- stationary
- steadfast
- still
- torpid
- transfixed
- unmovable
- unmoved
- unmoving
- adverse
- anguished
- appalling
- awful
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- crushing
- deadly
- deathly
- deplorable
- desolate
- destructive
- dire
- disastrous
- doleful
- dreadful
- fatal
- fateful
- forlorn
- grievous
- grim
- hapless
- harrowing
- heart-rending
- heartbreaking
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- lamentable
- miserable
- mournful
- painful
- pathetic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- ruinous
- sad
- shocking
- sorrowful
- terrible
- unfortunate
- unhappy
- woeful
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.