Deadly and Wholesome

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Deadly adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

Usage example: the doctors were alarmed about the outbreak of the deadly new virus

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Wholesome is an antonym for deadly in topics: ghostly, causing end of life.

Nearby Word: dead

Wholesome adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.

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Deadly is an antonym for wholesome.

Nearby Words: whole, wholesomely

His Seven Deadly Sins series, however, was the opposite of wholesome or celebratory, and was downright disturbing.

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