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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deathful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
death-ful
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.

adj

Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.

adj

Subject to death; mortal.

Literary

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more deathful (comparative) most deathful (superlative)

Derived Forms

deathfully deathfulness

Questions

What does deathful mean?
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Where does deathful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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