deathful
Americanadjective
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deadly; fatal.
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resembling death; deathlike.
Etymology
Origin of deathful
First recorded in 1200–50, deathful is from the Middle English word deethful. See death, -ful
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Ye dewy mists the arid rocks o'er-spread Whose slippery face derides his deathful tread!
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by William Knight
An hour later we stood in the silent room, with its drawn blinds and its deathful atmosphere, looking down at the pale, intellectual face of Henry Stradwick, Lord Southery, the greatest engineer of his day.
From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
Thus jovial they; but nought the prince replies; Full on his sire he roll'd his ardent eyes: Impatient straight to flesh his virgin-sword; From the wise chief he waits the deathful word.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
These deathful deeds as great Columbus eyed, With anxious tone he thus addrest the Guide: Why combat here these transatlantic bands, And strow their corses thro thy pathless lands?
From The Columbiad by Joel Barlow
Now, deeply yearning o'er our deathful fate, With joyful hope of India's shore elate, We loose the hawsers and the sail expand, And, upward coast the Ethiopian strand.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
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