Deathly - English meaning

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

The doctor said you were a bit anaemic

noun

A person suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

Cumin seeds are a rich source of iron and hence very beneficial for anaemics

adjective

(of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness.

Usage examples:

Eleanor's ashen face

adjective

Made of timber from the ash tree.

Usage examples:

I slopped the stuff on and miraculously the ashen timbers of our bench and table suite turned slowl…

adjective

(of a person’s face) looking pale and gray from illness, shock, or fear

adjective

(of a revolution or conflict) without violence or killing.

Usage examples:

A bloodless coup

adjective

Happening without the use of violence

Usage examples:

The rebel soldiers seized power in a bloodless coup.

adjective

Very pale, thin, or bony.

Usage examples:

He was gaunt and cadaverous

adjective

Consisting of or rich in chalk.

Usage examples:

Chalky soil

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

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A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

Usage examples:

Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

adjective

Causing great horror or fear.

Usage examples:

One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed

adjective

Frightening and shocking

Usage examples:

It was a ghastly crime.

adjective

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.

Usage examples:

A frightening, ghostly figure with a hood

adjective

Pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost

Usage examples:

A ghostly figure/apparition, a ghostly voice/echo

adjective

Very serious or gloomy.

Usage examples:

His grim expression

adjective

Not good; having no chance of a good result

Usage examples:

The outlook for a full recovery was grim., the future looks grim for workers who are losing their j…

adjective

Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

Usage examples:

She was pale and haggard

noun

A haggard hawk.

Usage examples:

They interred her remains in a corner of the cabbage haggard.

adjective

(of a person) having dark areas around the eyes and lines on the face, esp. from being tired or from suffering

Usage examples:

His face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

adjective

(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.

Usage examples:

His face, with its wrinkled, pallid complexion

adjective

Pale and looking unhealthy

Usage examples:

He looked pallid and bloated a few years ago.

noun

A folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.

Usage examples:

I've always associated it with school meals, so to see it put in a shortcrust pasty is an intriguin…

adjective

(of a person's face) unhealthily pale.

Usage examples:

A pasty complexion

adjective

(of someone’s skin) pale and unhealthy looking

Usage examples:

A pasty face

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Hit with a bludgeon or club.

Usage examples:

It was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

adjective

(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.

Usage examples:

She was looking wan and bleary-eyed

abbreviation

Wide area network.

noun

A computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.

adjective

Of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black.

Usage examples:

A sheet of white paper

noun

White colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Garnet-red flowers flecked with white

verb

A member of a light-skinned people, especially one of european extraction.