ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Deathsome

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Deathsome is an adjective meaning Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.

Meaning

Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.

Example Sentences

But I'm lying as I be / Under a deathsome tree
The Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania was a wild and deathsome place when I entered the world in 1782.
He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deathlike, deathful, death-like, thanatoid, deathly, deathy.

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