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deathlike

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English death Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English deathlike From death + -like.

  1. Resembling or characteristic of death.

    They passed me within six inches, without a glance, with that complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages.

    a deathlike silence

  2. Deadly.