Definitions for cadaverouskəˈdæv ər əs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•dav•er•ouskəˈdæv ər əs(adj.)
of or like a corpse.
pale; ghastly.
haggard and thin.
Origin of cadaverous:
1620–30; < L
ca•dav′er•ous•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted(adj)
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
cadaverous, cadaveric(adj)
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
"we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
Wiktionary
cadaverous(Adjective)
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver
Webster Dictionary
Cadaverous(adj)
having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look
Cadaverous(adj)
of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body
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