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   cadaverous

   /kəˈdav(ə)rəs/

   adjective

   • 1. very pale, thin, or bony: "he was gaunt and cadaverous"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin cadaverosus, from cadaver ‘corpse’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cadaverously adverb
   • 2. cadaverousness noun

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   adjective. uk / kəˈdæv. ə r.əs / us / kəˈdæv.ɚ.əs / Add to word list. looking pale, thin, and ill: cadaverous features. Compare. emaciated formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people) be as thin as a rake phrase. be skin and bone (s) idiom. ectomorphic. emaciated. emaciation. gauntly. hollow.

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   1. a. : of or relating to a corpse. the cadaverous odors of the battlefield. b. : suggestive of corpses or tombs. 2. a. : pallid, livid. b. : gaunt, emaciated. grossly underweight, he appeared cadaverous, like a living skeleton. cadaverously adverb. Synonyms. ashen. ashy. blanched. doughy. livid. lurid. mealy.

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   Cadaverous is used to describe a person who looks as if they were dead, such as someone who looks especially thin, pale, or bony. Cadaverous is an adjective form of cadaver —a dead body, especially a dead human body. The word cadaver is sometimes used interchangeably with the word corpse, but cadaver is especially used in a scientific context ...

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › cadaverousCADAVEROUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   adjective. us / kəˈdæv.ɚ.əs / uk / kəˈdæv. ə r.əs / Add to word list. looking pale, thin, and ill: cadaverous features. Compare. emaciated formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people) be as thin as a rail phrase. be skin and bone (s) idiom. ectomorphic. emaciated. emaciation. gauntly. hollow.

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   Cadaverous means looking corpse-like, from being sick or too skinny, like an aging rock star or a Halloween ghoul.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › cadaverousCADAVEROUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly. 2. thin and haggard; gaunt. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. cadaverously (caˈdaverously) adverb. cadaverousness (caˈdaverousness) noun. Word Frequency. cadaverous in American English. (kəˈdævərəs ) adjective.

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   Define cadaverous. cadaverous synonyms, cadaverous pronunciation, cadaverous translation, English dictionary definition of cadaverous. adj. 1. Suggestive of death; corpselike: a cadaverous odor. 2. a. Of corpselike pallor; pallid: "I saw a cadaverous face appear at a small window" .