Definition
Resembling death or appearing as though someone is dead; extremely still, pale, or lifeless in appearance.
Etymology
Compound of 'death' (Old English 'deaþ') and 'like' (Old English 'lic'), meaning 'resembling or similar to.' The compound became common in Middle English to describe things that mimicked death's appearance.
Kelly Says
Writers and poets love 'deathlike' because it lets them describe something scary or eerie without saying 'dead'—a deathlike silence is scarier than just 'silence' because it makes you imagine an absence of life.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሞት idencias
mot i-de-si-as
ARالعربية
مثل الموت
mithal al-mawt
BNবাংলা
মৃত্যুর মতো
mrityur moto
CACatalà
com la mort
com la mort
CSČeština
jako mrtvý
ja-ko mrt-vee
DADansk
dødelig
do-deh-lig
DEDeutsch
todesähnlich
to-des-ay-n-lich
ELΕλληνικά
όπως ο θάνατος
oh-pos oh tha-na-tos
ESEspañol
similar a la muerte
see-mee-lar ah la muh-er-teh
FAفارسی
مانند مرگ
manand marg
FISuomi
kuoleman kaltainen
koo-leh-man ka-la-ta-inen
FRFrançais
mortel
mor-tel
GUGU
મૃત્યુ જેવું
mrutyu je-vu
HAHA
kamar wa mutu
ka-mar wa mu-too
HEעברית
כמו מוות
k'mo mevet
HIहिन्दी
मृत्यु जैसा
mrityu jaisa
HUMagyar
halálhoz hasonló
ha-la-hoz ha-son-lo
IDBahasa Indonesia
seperti mati
se-peh-ke ma-tee
IGIG
ike nwanyi
ee-keh n-wa-nee
JA日本語
死人みたい
shi-nin-mitai
KMKM
ដូចជាមរណៈ
doh-chah-ja ma-ra-nah
KO한국어
죽음같은
juk-eum-gat-eun
MRMR
मृत्युसारखा
mrityu-sa-r-kha
MSBahasa Melayu
seperti mati
se-peh-ke ma-tee
NLNederlands
doodachtig
doot-ach-tig
NONorsk
lik døden
leek do-den
PAPA
ਮੌਤ ਵਰਗਾ
mauth var-ga
PLPolski
podobny do śmierci
po-doh-nee doh s-mer-ci
PTPortuguês
morto
mor-toh
RORomână
asemenea morții
ah-seh-men-eh-a mor-tee
RUРусский
похожий на смерть
pokho-zhoy na smer-t'
SVSvenska
lik döden
leek do-den
SWKiswahili
kama kifo
ka-ma ki-fo
TAதமிழ்
இறப்பைப்போல
ir-pa-i-pa-pola
TEతెలుగు
మరణం వలె
ma-ra-nam vale
THไทย
เหมือนคนตาย
meuan kon-tai
TLTL
parang patay
pa-rang pa-tay
TRTürkçe
ölüm gibi
o-lüm ge-bee
UKУкраїнська
подібний до смерті
po-dib-nyy do smer-ti
URاردو
ميت کی طرح
meeth ki trah
VITiếng Việt
như người chết
nhu-oo-ng-ee chet
YOYO
bi o kúù
bee oh koo-oo
ZH中文
像死人一样
xiàng sǐ rén yī yàng
ZUZU
njalo ngeke
n-ja-lo nge-keh