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Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Meaning of "deathlike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATHLIKE

deathlike  [ˈdeθˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATHLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deathlike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEATHLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of deathlike in the English dictionary

The definition of deathlike in the dictionary is resembling or suggestive of death.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEATHLIKE


childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
cloth-like
ˈklɒθˌlaɪk
earthlike
ˈɜːθˌlaɪk
heathlike
ˈhiːθˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
human-like
ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk
ladylike
ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk
lathlike
ˈlɑːθˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
mothlike
ˈmɒθˌlaɪk
mouthlike
ˈmaʊθˌlaɪk
pithlike
ˈpɪθˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
sunlike
ˈsʌnˌlaɪk
toothlike
ˈtuːθˌlaɪk
truthlike
ˈtruːθˌlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk
wraithlike
ˈreɪθˌlaɪk
wreathlike
ˈriːθˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATHLIKE

death warrant
death wish
death-dealing
death-valley curve
death´s-head
death´s-head moth
deathbed
deathbed confession
deathbed scene
deathblow
deathful
deathless
deathlessly
deathlessness
deathliness
deathly
deathsman
deathward
deathwatch
deathwatch beetle

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATHLIKE

branchlike
brushlike
bushlike
dishlike
dislike
doughlike
fishlike
leechlike
marshlike
nymphlike
ostrichlike
rushlike
sighlike
spinachlike
starchlike
suchlike
switchlike
sylphlike
torchlike
troughlike
witchlike

Synonyms and antonyms of deathlike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deathlike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATHLIKE

Find out the translation of deathlike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deathlike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deathlike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死一般
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mortecino
570 millions of speakers

English

deathlike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

deathlike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

deathlike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Deathlike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

como a morte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালসদৃশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

semblable de mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti kematian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

toten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

deathlike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati kaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống như chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சலனமற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यूसारखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölüm gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

simile alla morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Śmiertelna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Deathlike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mormânt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deathlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödsliknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Deathlike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deathlike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATHLIKE»

The term «deathlike» is regularly used and occupies the 99.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATHLIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deathlike

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QUOTES WITH «DEATHLIKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deathlike.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATHLIKE»

Discover the use of deathlike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deathlike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elegy For A Lost Star
ELEGY FOR A LOST STAR sets the stage for a major turning point in the Symphony of Ages series.
Elizabeth Haydon, 2010
2
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Three: 1819 - 1820
1. deathlike] death like MYRS. lobrego means 'dark' or 'gloomy'. cave] Set apart in sharper pencil in Nbk 12, apparently added later. sitio means 'place', not 'cave'. 3. men] war Mary Copybk 1. Written loosely in pencil in Nbk 12 probably ...
Jack Donovan, Cian Duffy, Kelvin Everest, 2014
3
Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook
Why? if the lords and grandees gave up government to sit deathlike in silent awareness, if the warriors ignored archery and horsemanship and forgot martial arts to sit deathlike in silent awareness, if the merchants closed up shop and broke ...
Thomas F. Cleary, 2008
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A Study of Daoist Acupuncture & Moxibustion
For instance, once Bian Que cured a prince suffering from deathlike reversal with acupuncture. It was Ge Hong, the outstanding Daoist of the Jin dynasty, who created the fist collection of acupuncture and moxibustion treatments for first aid in ...
Liu Zheng-cai, 1999
5
Sex and Death in Eighteenth-Century Literature
(6:13, letter 3) The dream portrays Lovelace's anxiety over the threat of Solmes ( that “other” person), but imaginatively transforms the actual “ungentle,” deathlike assault of Clarissa into pleasurable death. Castle sees this dream as “Lovelace's  ...
Jolene Zigarovich, 2013
6
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential con harmless, innocuous, inoffensive, unoffending 3 syn DEATHLY 1, corpselike, corpsy, dead, deadened, deathful, deathlike deadpan adj syn EXPRESSIONLESS, blank, empty, inexpressive, unexpressive ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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The Gospel of St. John
Therefore when the ether body was drawn out of the physical body during the three and a half days deathlike sleep, all that had been prepared in the astral body was stamped upon the ether body. The neophyte then experienced the spiritual ...
Rudolf Steiner
8
Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah
It becomes a land of deathlike stillness, deathlike sleep, deathlike darkness. Ver. 11. " A cry comes to me out of Seir: Watchman, how far is it in the night? Watchman, how far in the night?" Luther translates the participle correctly, " they cry" ...
Franz Delitzsch, Johann Gottfried Wetzstein, 1869
9
The Apocalypse of St. John
I am now describing pre Christian initiation, in whichthe neophyte wasforthree andahalfdays put intoa deathlike condition bythe hierophant.Either he waslaid in a kind of smallchamber, akind of grave where he layina deathlike sleep, orhe was ...
Rudolf Steiner
10
Blake's Buildings: Poetry and the Reshaping of Epistemology
And they divided into Four ravening deathlike Forms/ Fairies Sl Genii &. Nymphs &. Gnomes of the Elements" (178/32.31-6). Although the passage is somewhat confused,90 it's safe to infer that the difference between the Zoas and these ...
Clint Stevens, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATHLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deathlike is used in the context of the following news items.
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Toy Soldiers by Simon Brann Thorpe review – a powerful meditation …
There is something deathlike in his portraits: one young soldier stands, eyes closed, as if asleep or hypnotised; another poses with his hands ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
#GOTscience: Why Zombie White Walkers Grab Us on 'Game of …
Davis claimed that the tetrodotoxin and other poisons put victims into a deathlike comatose state. After the seemingly dead victim was buried, ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
3
Evangelical Pneumatology III: The Spreading Fire of Great Revival …
... reasoned of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgement, of the sinfulness of sin, and the necessity of cleansing, a deathlike hush fell ... «Christianity Daily, Jun 15»
4
The Republic of Bad Taste
He wouldn't be the one dying, but he might as well have been, because the relief that would follow the killing had a deathlike depth and finality ... «The New Yorker, May 15»
5
Nicholas Hoult goes nuts for Mad Max Fury Road
But yeah, shave my head, make me look kind of deathlike, cover me in scars, but you've still got to keep some sort of soul and tenderness for ... «Metro.us, May 15»
6
World War Civil War Portraits - Sara Shamma
The deathlike face with its expressionless eye and matted hair is painted in vivid broad brushstrokes in contrast to the transparent lightness of ... «Huffington Post UK, May 15»
7
Jean-Pierre Melville's 'The Silence of the Sea' Returns
... anticipating their fates while they pass through a deathlike underworld. Silence is again powerful and destructive, as brave men and women ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
8
Oakland Voices: Courageous mother turns grief into action, starts …
She began to theorize that part of what has been driving the cycles of gun violence in Oakland is the deathlike grip of unresolved grief. Caught ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
9
Review: Shakespearean musical 'SpellBound!' nods to Disney
... including a wicked stepmother, a cross-dressing princess, a pair of long-lost sons and a poisonous potion that induces a deathlike sleep. «azcentral.com, May 15»
10
Grimm Season 4 episode 21 recap: “Headache
... of coffee at Monroe's, as they go over their plans for fixing Renard with a potion meant to induce a deathlike state to fool old Jack and Renard. «Channel Guide Magazine, May 15»

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