Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a morgue.

Etymologies

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morgue +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Robert Perdziola's fairy-tale sets and jewel-toned costumes, richly lit by Christine Binder, transform a background of graystone facades from the old Faust's morguelike laboratory into Marguerite's star-spangled garden and finally a dungeon stairway that sweeps to heaven.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Robert Perdziola's fairy-tale sets and jewel-toned costumes, richly lit by Christine Binder, transform a background of graystone facades from the old Faust's morguelike laboratory into Marguerite's star-spangled garden and finally a dungeon stairway that sweeps to heaven.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Robert Perdziola's fairy-tale sets and jewel-toned costumes, richly lit by Christine Binder, transform a background of graystone facades from the old Faust's morguelike laboratory into Marguerite's star-spangled garden and finally a dungeon stairway that sweeps to heaven.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The Demel Bakery, a famed Viennese patisserie, says it has struggled from Day One in a morguelike subterranean mall that has failed to attract other high-end retailers or shoppers.

    NY Post: News By ANNIE KARNI 2010

  • The Demel Bakery, a famed Viennese patisserie, says it has struggled from Day One in a morguelike subterranean mall that has failed to attract other high-end retailers or shoppers.

    NY Post: News By ANNIE KARNI 2010

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