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Synonyms for deadly
ˈdɛd lidead·ly

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deadly

    Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

    Synonyms:
    bad, baneful, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

    Antonyms:
    advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deadly

    Synonyms:
    mortal, fatal, malignant, baleful, pernicious, noxious, venomous, destructive, baneful, implacable

    Antonyms:
    vital, life-giving, healthful, wholesome, nutritious

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. deadly, deathly, mortaladjective

    causing or capable of causing death

    "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

    Synonyms:
    mortal, deathly, baneful, venomous, pestilent, lethal, virulent, deathlike, pernicious, mortal(a)

    Antonyms:
    pardonable, innocuous, nontoxic, nonfatal, avirulent, atoxic

  2. deadly, lethaladjective

    of an instrument of certain death

    "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

    Synonyms:
    mortal, deathly, baneful, venomous, pestilent, lethal, virulent, pernicious, mortal(a)

    Antonyms:
    innocuous, nonfatal, avirulent, atoxic, pardonable, nontoxic

  3. deadly, venomous, virulentadjective

    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

    "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

    Synonyms:
    virulent, blistering, pestilent, mortal(a), pernicious, sulfurous, mortal, baneful, acerbic, venomous, sulphurous, caustic, deathly, lethal, acrid, poisonous, vicious, acid, vitriolic, bitter, acerb

    Antonyms:
    innocuous, nontoxic, nonfatal, avirulent, pardonable, atoxic

  4. deadly, mortal(a)adjective

    involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

    "the seven deadly sins"

    Antonyms:
    nonfatal, innocuous, atoxic, pardonable, nontoxic, avirulent

  5. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

    exceedingly harmful

    Synonyms:
    pernicious, pestiferous, deathly, virulent, baneful, venomous, baleful, mortal, insidious, lethal, pestilent, plaguey, subtle, pestilential, mortal(a)

    Antonyms:
    pardonable, nonfatal, atoxic, avirulent, nontoxic, innocuous

  6. deadlyadverb

    (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

    Synonyms:
    mortal, deathly, baneful, venomous, pestilent, lethal, virulent, pernicious, mortal(a)

    Antonyms:
    innocuous, avirulent, nonfatal, pardonable, atoxic, nontoxic

  7. deadly, lifelesslyadverb

    as if dead

    Synonyms:
    lifelessly, madly, devilishly, insanely, deucedly

    Antonyms:
    pardonable, atoxic, avirulent, nontoxic, nonfatal, innocuous

  8. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishlyadverb

    (used as intensives) extremely

    "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"

    Synonyms:
    lifelessly, devilishly, fiendishly, dementedly, insanely, diabolically, madly, deucedly, devilish, crazily, frantically

    Antonyms:
    avirulent, nonfatal, pardonable, innocuous, nontoxic, atoxic

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deadlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    mortal, fatal, destructive, deleterious, noxious, murderous

  2. deadlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    implacable, rancorous, sanguinary

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deadlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    fatal, mortal, lethal, lethiferous, noxious, internecine, implacable, unrelenting

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How to use deadly in a sentence?

  1. Ken Cuccinelli:

    There can be no disputing that the influx of well over 1.3 million illegal immigrants this calendar year alone and thousands of pounds of fentanyl and other deadly narcotics, facilitated by the widespread human trafficking efforts of violent international drug cartels, constitutes an invasion of the southern border of the United States.

  2. Xavier Becerra:

    The ACA has been life-changing and now through this pandemic, we can all see the value in having greater access to quality health care at affordable prices, now is not the time to rip away our best tool to address very real and very deadly health disparities in our communities.

  3. Douglas Fierberg:

    You can have a 'Lord of the Flies' circumstance in that these young men are essentially on their own island managing themselves and doing a god-awful job of it, it does have deadly results.

  4. New York:

    The death toll is higher than the peak yearly death totals from HIV, car crashes, or gun deaths, analysts pointed to two major reasons for the increase: A growing number of Americans are using opioids, and drugs are becoming more deadly ….

  5. Keisha Lance Bottoms:

    There is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do, i do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force.


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