Meaning of deathsome | Babel Free

Definitions

Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death

Examples

“He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips.”

“The Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania was a wild and deathsome place when I entered the world in 1782.”

“But I'm lying as I be / Under a deathsome tree”

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