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

“I was deathly afraid. I didn’t know about anything else but living here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

“It was luck I had in Osskil, not strength,” Ged replied, and he shivered again as he thought of the dreamlike deathly cold of the Court of the Terrenon.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

deathly

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