Cadaverous

adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
"The speakers were three men, rather beyond middle life. One was pale and cadaverous, as if every feature gave testimony to the length of his vigils and the rigour of his fasts, while straight black hair hanging down on each side his face added to his wild and neglected appearance."

Adjective

1
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold wordnet
2
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse wordnet

Synonyms

achromatic achromic anemic ashen ashy attenuated

Antonyms

Example

"He had a cadaverous appearance."

Etymology

From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).

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