deathlike

1. 1.

   having the physical appearance of death

   “a deathly pallor”

   Synonymsdeathly

   Similardead

Questions about deathlike

What does deathlike mean?

deathlike means "having the physical appearance of death".

How many syllables are in deathlike?

deathlike has 3 syllables and divides as de-ath-like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for deathlike?

Close synonyms include deathly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.