He had a cadaverous appearance.
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Cadaverous
Synonyms for "cadaverous" (124 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мъртвешки adj (cadaverous)
Catalan
1 entries- cadavèric adj (cadaverous)
French
1 entries- cadavérique adj (cadaverous)
Galician
1 entries- cadavérico adj (cadaverous)
Latin
1 entries- cadāverōsus adj (cadaverous)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lavoniškas adj (cadaverous)
Polish
1 entries- trupi adj (cadaverous)
Portuguese
1 entries- cadavérico adj (cadaverous)
Romanian
1 entries- cadaveric adj (cadaverous)
Russian
1 entries- тру́пный adj (cadaverous)
Spanish
1 entries- cadavérico adj (cadaverous)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
That cadaverous smell almost made me vomit.
Source: tatoeba (10891159)
The refugees appear cadaverous.
Source: tatoeba (13184101)
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.
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