English Explanatory Dictionary

angel of death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
  2. An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
  3. An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.
  4. Azrael.
  5. Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  6. The Grim Reaper.
  7. A shinigami.
  8. A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
  9. Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-angel of death.wav

Word forms

angel of death angels of death

Synonyms

death angel angel of mercy destroying angel

Translations

Arabic: مَلَك الْمَوْت Arabic: مَلَك مَوْت Bashkir: үлем фәрештәһе Bulgarian: а́нгел на смъртта́ Catalan: àngel de la mort Chechen: мулкалмуост Danish: dødsengel Dutch: engel des doods Dutch: doodsengel Dutch: worgengel Finnish: kuolemanenkeli French: ange de la mort German: Todesengel Greek: άγγελος θανάτου Hebrew: מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת Hungarian: halál angyala Icelandic: maðurinn með ljáinn Icelandic: dauðinn Icelandic: engill dauðans Ingush: мулкалмуст Italian: angelo della morte Kazakh: өлім періштесі Korean: 사신 Iranian Persian: فِرِشْتِهٔ مَرْگ Iranian Persian: مَلِکاُلْمُوْت Plautdietsch: Doodesenjel Polish: anioł śmierci Portuguese: anjo da morte Romanian: îngerul morții Russian: а́нгел сме́рти Russian: смерть Spanish: ángel de la muerte Swedish: dödsängel Turkish: ölüm meleği Vietnamese: tử thần Vietnamese: thần chết Yiddish: מלאך־המות
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