Synonyms for deaths
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : deth |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɛθ |
Top 10 synonyms for deaths Other synonyms for the word deaths
- destruction
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- end
- ending
- eradication
- eternal rest
- euthanasia
- exit
- expiration
- extermination
- extinction
- fatality
- finis
- finish
- grave
- grim reaper
- heaven
- loss
- mortality
- necrosis
- obliteration
- oblivion
- paradise
- parting
- passing
- passing over
- quietus
- release
- repose
- ruin
- ruination
- silence
- sleep
- termination
- tomb
Définition of deaths
Origin :- Old English deað "death, dying, cause of death," in plura, "ghosts," from Proto-Germanic *dauthaz (cf. Old Saxon doth, Old Frisian dath, Dutch dood, Old High German tod, German Tod, Old Norse dauði, Danish død, Swedish död, Gothic dauþas "death"), from verbal stem *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)) + *-thuz suffix indicating "act, process, condition."
- I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him meerly seise me, and onely declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome me. When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. [John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodere, Sept. 1608]
- Death's-head, a symbol of mortality, is from 1590s. Death row first recorded 1940s. Death knell is attested from 1814; death penalty from 1875; death rate from 1859. Slang be death on "be very good at" is from 1839. Death wish first recorded 1896. The death-watch beetle (1660s) inhabits houses, makes a ticking noise like a watch, and was superstitiously supposed to portend death.
- FEW ears have escaped the noise of the death-watch, that is, the little clickling sound heard often in many rooms, somewhat resembling that of a watch; and this is conceived to be of an evil omen or prediction of some person's death: wherein notwithstanding there is nothing of rational presage or just cause of terror unto melancholy and meticulous heads. For this noise is made by a little sheathwinged grey insect, found often in wainscot benches and wood-work in the summer. [Browne, "Vulgar Errors"]
- noun end of life
- "Yes, and catch their deaths of fever and ague," said Mrs. Bartlett.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Births, deaths, the smallest event in life, everything goes in there.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- It'll be a mercy if we don't catch our deaths, dressed the way some of us be.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- A thousand deaths, sir, and everybody would hail them with delight.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Then opening the other register (the Register of Deaths) he attended to the woman in the crêpe.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Who could say that the spirits of the dead did not haunt the scenes of their lives and deaths?
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- He was the traitor to whom perhaps a score of men owed their deaths at that moment!
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- He would have the Amalekite alive that he might cause him to die a hundred deaths in one.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- The deaths at present from the plague are confined to the Mohammedans and the Jews.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
Antonyms for deaths
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