as in immortal
lasting forever
an author who craved deathless fame
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of deathless
The eloquence of this thought and feeling, incarnated as affect, proves every year to be deathless.
—
Sophie Lewis, Harper's Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Writers’ moods certainly don’t work that way; after all, Malamud wrote at least a half-dozen deathless short stories and a couple of classic novels … and still felt sunk.
—Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
And a lot of Ant-Man's charm when the character first debuted in his own standalone movie in 2015 was in fact the human scale of the story: a blithe, goofy comedy that just happened to have superhero stuff in it (and of course, the deathless dimples of Paul Rudd).
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
The humor here, for modern Icelanders, lies in the extent of what the outside world didn’t grasp: that Iceland’s national history was a heroic tale of grit and ingenuity, that its literature, rooted in Norse folklore and medieval saga, was voluminous and deathless.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 28 May 2021
See all Example Sentences for deathless 
Sophie Lewis, Harper's Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Writers’ moods certainly don’t work that way; after all, Malamud wrote at least a half-dozen deathless short stories and a couple of classic novels … and still felt sunk.
—Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
And a lot of Ant-Man's charm when the character first debuted in his own standalone movie in 2015 was in fact the human scale of the story: a blithe, goofy comedy that just happened to have superhero stuff in it (and of course, the deathless dimples of Paul Rudd).
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
The humor here, for modern Icelanders, lies in the extent of what the outside world didn’t grasp: that Iceland’s national history was a heroic tale of grit and ingenuity, that its literature, rooted in Norse folklore and medieval saga, was voluminous and deathless.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 28 May 2021
See all Example Sentences for deathless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathless
Adjective
-
Chalamet has been nominated for awards for his performance as the immortal bard at the Golden Globes and several regional critics' awards ceremonies; his fans and lookalikes can tune in tomorrow to discover whether he's been nominated for the Oscar, too.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
-
But in 2024, the immortal fairytale was updated by Sicangu Lakota Nation member and 2020 MacArthur Fellow Larissa FastHorse.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
There’s no real way to spin that Skeleton Crew is simply not a meaningful hit for Disney, and despite its quality, seems unlikely to get a second season despite positive reviews from both critics, and even jaded fans, thanks to the eternal viewership vs. cost problem.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
-
The trend has even extended to the world of unscripted TV: Where The Bachelor franchise was designed around watching young hot people look for eternal love, ABC has recently had success with a senior-citizen edition, The Golden Bachelor, while Netflix has its own senior dating show, Later Daters.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Yet most academy members would likely not want classic rock perpetually refashioned with AI for an endless nostalgia ouroboros.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
-
Read: The new age of endless parenting Perhaps most important, measuring isolation isn’t a good way to track loneliness.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near deathless
Cite this Entry
“Deathless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share