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Cadaverous

Cadaverous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cadaverous? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cadaverous: bony \| emaciated \| gaunt \| haggard \| lean \| pinched \| skeletal \| thin \| wasted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cadaverous: achromatic \| achromic \| anemic \| ashen \| ashy \| attenuated \| bled white \| bloodless \| blue \| chloranemic \| colorless \| corpselike \| dead \| deadly \| deadly pale \| deathlike \| deathly \| deathly pale \| dim \| dimmed \| dingy \| discolored \| dull \| eerie \| emacerated \| emaciate \| emaciated \| etiolated \| exsanguinated \| exsanguine \| exsanguineous \| faded \| faint \| fallow \| flat \| ghastly \| ghostlike \| ghostly \| gray \| grisly \| gruesome \| haggard \| hollow-eyed \| hueless \| hypochromic \| jejune \| lackluster \| leaden \| livid \| lurid \| lusterless \| macabre \| marantic \| marasmic \| mat \| mealy \| mortuary \| muddy \| neutral \| pale \| pale as death \| pale-faced \| pallid \| pasty \| peaked \| peaky \| pinched \| poor \| puny \| sallow \| shriveled \| sickly \| skeletal \| starved \| starveling \| tabetic \| tabid \| tallow-faced \| toneless \| uncanny \| uncolored \| underfed \| undernourished \| unearthly \| wan \| washed-out \| wasted \| waxen \| weak \| weazeny \| weird \| whey-faced \| white \| withered \| wizened \| wraithlike See Also \| Cadaverous In Webster's Dictionary \Cadav"erous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.] 1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. ``The scent cadaverous.'' -- {Cadav"erously}, adv. -- {Cadav"erousness}, n.

Cadaverous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cadaverous?

[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"

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Cadaverous In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*dav"er*ous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale;
   ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead
   body. ``The scent cadaverous.'' -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ly},
   adv. -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ness}, n.

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