deadly

mortel, meurtrier

Qui peut causer la mort ou risque fortement de la provoquer.

En anglais simple : Able or likely to cause death.

• This snake has a deadly bite.
• The fire released deadly gas.
• Doctors are fighting a deadly new disease.

Synonymes : fatal, lethal

Contraires : harmless

Expressions courantes : deadly disease, deadly weapon, deadly poison

implacable, acharné

Animé d’une haine si forte qu’on veut détruire quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Having such strong hatred that you want to destroy someone.

• The brothers became deadly enemies.
• A deadly hatred grew between the families.
• She saw him as her deadliest foe.

Synonymes : implacable, merciless

Expressions courantes : deadly enemy, deadly foe, deadly hatred

mortellement

D’une manière qui fait paraître quelqu’un mort ou près de mourir.

En anglais simple : In a way that makes someone seem dead or close to death.

• His face turned deadly pale.
• She lay deadly still on the bed.
• The frightened child's lips were deadly white.

Synonymes : deathly

Expressions courantes : deadly pale, deadly white, deadly still