DEADLY Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word deadly. (close relations)
deadliness
Best Alternative Words for DEADLY
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mortal | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • subject to death noun • a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential adjective satellite • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • unrelenting and deadly • causing or capable of causing death | ||||||||
deathly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • to a degree resembling death • to an extreme degree adjective satellite • having the physical appearance of death • causing or capable of causing death | ||||||||
lethal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of an instrument of certain death | ||||||||
dangerous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
killer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who causes the death of a person or animal • the causal agent resulting in death • a difficulty that is hard to deal with • predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | ||||||||
life-threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
baneful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • deadly or sinister | ||||||||
deucedly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • (used as intensives) excessively | ||||||||
devilishly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • as a devil; in an evil manner • in a playfully devilish manner • (used as intensives) excessively | ||||||||
insanely | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • in an insane manner • (used as intensives) excessively | ||||||||
lifelessly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • without animation or vitality • in a lifeless manner • as if dead | ||||||||
madly | adverbadv | |||||||
adverb • in an ungovernable manner • in an insane manner • (used as intensives) excessively | ||||||||
pernicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | ||||||||
pestilent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | ||||||||
venomous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | ||||||||
virulent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • infectious; having the ability to cause disease adjective satellite • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • harsh or corrosive in tone |