Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strong as death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: strong as death
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very strong or emotionally powerful.

Example Sentences

"Now alive as he was to all these searching argumentative itemizings of the minutest known facts any way bearing upon the subject; and yet, at the same time, persuaded, strong as death, that in spite of them, Isabel was indeed his sister; how could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of that all-controlling and all-permeating wonderfulness […] denominated The Finger of God?"
"With this feeling strong as death upon him, he crumpled up the letters into one mass and tossed them precipitately into the fire."

Questions

What does strong as death mean?: Very strong or emotionally powerful.

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