Synonyms of deathly

deathly

adjective

1

as in deadly

of, relating to, or suggestive of death

his deathly pallor suggested that any attempt to find a pulse would be futile

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deadly
• mortal
• dead
• spectral
• lethal
• murderous
• mortuary
• fatal
• ghostly
• phantom
• fell
• lifeless
• still
• inert
• killer
• cadaverous
• inactive
• quiescent
• ghostlike
• inoperative
• macabre
• fateful
• baleful
• pestilent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathing
• active
• live
• alive
• living
• animate
• vigorous
• energetic
• lively
• spirited
• animated
• brisk
• vivacious
• vital
• jazzy
• perky
• frisky
• gay
• jaunty
• sound
• racy
• peppy
• well
• bouncing
• springy
• sprightly
• whole
• pert
• healthy
• snappy
• spanking
• wholesome
• robust
• hale
• hearty
• chipper
• fit
• sparky
• zippy
• able-bodied
• sprightful

2

as in lethal

likely to cause or capable of causing death

smallpox is one deathly disease that medical science has been able to conquer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lethal
• deadly
• fatal
• poisonous
• infectious
• killer
• infective
• harmful
• murderous
• toxic
• mortal
• dangerous
• baleful
• terminal
• fell
• destructive
• pestilent
• hazardous
• pernicious
• injurious
• baneful
• vital
• virulent
• deleterious
• serious
• noxious
• perilous
• menacing
• risky
• ugly
• threatening
• bloody
• truculent
• pestilential
• sublethal
• unhealthy
• sanguinary
• grave
• grievous
• parlous
• unsound
• sanguine
• internecine
• jeopardizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• healthful
• wholesome
• beneficial
• nonfatal
• nonlethal
• salutary
• salubrious
• restorative
• remedial
• curative
• useful
• corrective
• tonic
• advantageous
• safe
• alleviative
• nontoxic
• nonpoisonous