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deathly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of deathly

1 of, relating to, or suggestive of death

his deathly pallor

Synonyms of deathly

dead, deadly, mortal

Words Related to deathly

ghostlike, ghostly, phantom, spectral

inactive, inert, inoperative, lifeless, quiescent, still

baleful, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, murderous, pestilent

Near Antonyms of deathly

active, alive, animate, breathing, live, living

animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy, perky, pert, racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

able-bodied, chipper, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, well, whole, wholesome

2 likely to cause or capable of causing death

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

Synonyms of deathly

baleful, deadly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, terminal, vital

Words Related to deathly

baneful, deleterious, destructive, harmful, injurious, noxious, pernicious, truculent

infectious, infective, pestilential, poisonous, sublethal, toxic, virulent

dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, ugly, unhealthy, unsound

bloody, internecine, sanguinary, sanguine

Near Antonyms of deathly

beneficial, restorative, salubrious, salutary

alleviative, corrective, curative, remedial, tonic

advantageous, beneficial, useful

nonpoisonous, nontoxic, safe

Antonyms of deathly

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome

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