Deathly Synonyms and Antonyms

dĕthlē
Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. deathlike
  2. cadaverous
  3. deadly
  4. ghastly
  5. ghostlike
  6. ghostly
  7. spectral
Causing or tending to cause death
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. deadly
  2. mortal
  3. fatal
  4. lethal
  5. appalling
  6. cadaverous
  7. extremely
  8. ghastly
  9. grim
  10. grisly
  11. gruesome
  12. vital
  13. macabre
  14. terrible
Antonyms:
  1. healthy
  2. healthful
  3. life-giving
  4. strengthening
  5. benign
  6. harmless
Suggesting end of life
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. deathlike
  2. cadaverous
  3. ghastly
  4. gaunt
Antonyms:
  1. lively
  2. animated
  3. beginning
  4. blooming
  5. blossoming

Words Related to Deathly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Deathly Sentence Examples

  • The room was deathly silent as she finished.

  • It is strange, rising early, sleeping the hours I'd worked so long in the past, and listening to the deathly quiet instead of the rowdy noises of hungry men.

  • The complacency of Connecticut at the time was ready made to rail against, it was so deathly unoriginal and sticky with republican fear.

  • I've actually done a tiny bit of work here today but it's still deathly quiet.

  • There is always a deathly hush on the phone at this point.

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