Synonyms for deathlike


Grammar : Adj
Spell : deth-lahyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛθˌlaɪk


Définition of deathlike

  • adj deathly
Example sentences :
  • We sat hushed and unbelieving in that terrible, deathlike silence.
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • A murmuring, then a laugh, cut through the deathlike stillness.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • But no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the desert night.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Carmena screamed and fell over sideways in a deathlike faint.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Then there came a lull, a strange, deep lull, deathlike after the mighty blast.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • On the morning of the ninth day, Peggy sunk into a deathlike stupor.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • His hull get up was too deathlike and clammy; so we persuaded him to leave.
  • Extract from : « Susy, A Story of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • Again there is weary and deathlike repose in this dark desert.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • With an effort he drew over his face its customary, deathlike mask.
  • Extract from : « The White Mice » by Richard Harding Davis
  • The first thing that struck her was the deathlike stillness of the room.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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