killing
killing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- Kill"ing*ly, adv. Those eyes are made so killing. Pope. Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afternoon
- arch
- autumn
- autumnal
- azotic
- bedtime
- candlelight
- catching
- close
- contagion
- contagious
- curfew
- day
- dead
- deadly
- death
- decline
- deleterious
- dewy
- down
- dusk
- eleventh
- epidemic
- epizootic
- equinox
- eve
- evening
- eventide
- fall
- gloaming
- going
- golden
- gorgeous
- hour
- indigestible
- infectious
- innutritious
- insalubrious
- insalubrity
- leaf
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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