"deathful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deathful.wav Forms: more deathful [comparative], most deathful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dethful}} Middle English dethful, {{suffix|en|death|ful|pos=adjective}} death + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} deathful (comparative more deathful, superlative most deathful)
  1. Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-deathful-en-adj-3DJBTKkk Disambiguation of Death: 19 37 44 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 16 42
  2. Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-deathful-en-adj-Nr~cFuvU Disambiguation of Death: 19 37 44 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 16 42
  3. (literary) Subject to death; mortal. Tags: literary Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-deathful-en-adj-LSbgQwda Disambiguation of Death: 19 37 44 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 16 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 27 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deathfully, deathfulness
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