deadliness
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dedlinesse, deadlicnesse, from Old English dēadlīcnes, equivalent to deadly + -ness.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deadliness (usually uncountable, plural deadlinesses)
- Synonym of lethality
- (figurative, hyperbolic) Tedium, or the quality of being boring.
- Related terms: to bore (someone) to death