Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

death-defying

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
death-de-fy-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very perilous; involving a lot of danger.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more death-defying (comparative) most death-defying (superlative)

Questions

What does death-defying mean?
Very perilous; involving a lot of danger.

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