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mortally ill
adjective as in moribund
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The corpse is left where it lies, and even the mortally ill are abandoned in their helpless condition.
Between driving out Democrats and appeasing Whigs, he fell mortally ill.
He did not meet the author, who was mortally ill, though an attempt was made to bring the Frenchman and American together.
He believed him to be mortally ill, and he accused himself in his sorrow of the fearful crime of parricide.
A young Indian lay mortally ill, and they took Smith to him and demanded that forthwith he be cured.
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mortally ill, such as: at death's door, at the end of the rope, declining, done for, doomed, and null.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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