MEANING
The bed on which someone is dying, or the circumstances immediately before their death.
Use it for
Last revelations, disputed promises, bedside inheritance decisions.Put urgency into speech through its timing rather than melodramatic wording.
Words that belong together
- deathbed confession
- deathbed promise
- at someone's deathbed
On the page
At her deathbed, the family asked no questions about the locked chest.
He spent years trying to fulfill a deathbed promise.
The deathbed confession changed the meaning of every earlier letter.
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Word forms
- Base
- deathbed
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Frequently attributive in deathbed confession or deathbed wish; not every sickbed is a deathbed. Plural deathbeds.
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