What does corpselike mean?
Corpselike means Resembling a corpse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling a corpse..
Upon the ground before the daïs were stretched scores of the corpselike forms of the spectators, till at last the long lines of them were lost in the gloomy background.
With Akeley’s permission I lighted a small oil lamp, turned it low, and set it on a distant bookcase beside the ghostly bust of Milton; but afterward I was sorry I had done so, for it made my host’s strained, immobile face and listless hands look damnably abnormal and corpselike.
Use corpselike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Corpselike means Resembling a corpse..
Common synonyms include cadaverous, deathly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Upon the ground before the daïs were stretched scores of the corpselike forms of the spectators, till at last the long lines of them were lost in the gloomy background.
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