deathly
Like a corpse
Deathly means resembling or suggestive of death.
A deathly pallor is the pale color of a corpse.
Deathly silence is the absolute stillness of the grave.
As an adverb, deathly intensifies certain adjectives: deathly quiet, deathly afraid, deathly ill.
The word emphasizes extremity through association with death's finality.
Lacking color intensity
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- blanchedMade white by heat
colorless · ghostly · white · bloodless · cadaverous · corpse-like · drained · gaunt
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- mortalSubject to death
- terminalAt the endpoint
- life-threateningRisking death
Producing no sound
- quietLacking in sound
- motionlessLacking all movement
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- hushAbsence of sound
frozen · unmoving · breathless · soundless · static · inert · immobile · hushed
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- mortal fearExtreme life-threatening dread
- afraidExperiencing dread or worry
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
scared · ominous · foreboding · chill · premonition · apprehension · trepidation · horror
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
wraithlike · phantasmal · undead · ghoulish · eerie · spooky · apparition · specter
To an intense degree
- utterlyTo the fullest extent
- profoundlyTo an extreme degree
- intenselyWith extreme force
- deeplyTo a profound extent
acutely · gravely · severely · terribly · frighteningly · alarmingly · mortally · desperately
pale
Lacking color intensity
blanched · colorless · ghostly · white · bloodless · cadaverous · corpse-like · drained · gaunt · sallow
fatal
Causing death or ruin
life-threatening · killing · grave · final · end · doom · reaper · fatality
silent
Producing no sound
- quietLacking in sound
- motionlessLacking all movement
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
hush · frozen · unmoving · breathless · soundless · static · inert · immobile · hushed · noiseless
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- mortal fearExtreme life-threatening dread
- afraidExperiencing dread or worry
frightened · scared · ominous · foreboding · chill · premonition · apprehension · trepidation · horror · menace
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
ethereal · wraithlike · phantasmal · undead · ghoulish · eerie · spooky · apparition · specter · shade
extremely
To an intense degree
- utterlyTo the fullest extent
- profoundlyTo an extreme degree
- intenselyWith extreme force
deeply · acutely · gravely · severely · terribly · frighteningly · alarmingly · mortally · desperately · dreadfully
- scared to deathExtremely frightened
- life and deathMatters of survival
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
- death sentenceJudicial order of execution
- to deathTo an extreme degree
- death threatStated intent to murder