deadly

  • (s) causing or capable of causing death
    • a fatal accident
    • a deadly enemy
    • mortal combat
    • a mortal illness
    deathly, mortal,
  • (r) as if dead lifelessly,
  • (r) (used as intensives) extremely
    • she was madly in love
    • deadly dull
    • deadly earnest
    • deucedly clever
    • insanely jealous
    deucedly, insanely, devilishly, madly,
  • (s) of an instrument of certain death
    • deadly poisons
    • lethal weapon
    • a lethal injection
    lethal,
  • (s) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
    • venomous snakes
    • a virulent insect bite
    venomous, virulent,
  • (s) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
    • the seven deadly sins
    mortal,
  • (s) exceedingly harmful baneful, pernicious, pestilent,
  • (s) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

Synonyms

deathly mortal lifelessly deucedly insanely devilishly madly lethal venomous virulent baneful pernicious pestilent

Words of close approximity

deaden
deadly nightshade deadly sin