Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "cadaverous" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

cadaverousness

Derived From

cadaver

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

physique sickly thin weak

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

anemic bony deathlike drawn etiolated feeble gaunt ghostly haggard hollow-cheeked hollow-eyed lymphatic pallid pinched raw-boned scrawny skeletal sluggish spindle-shanked waxen waxy

Related Terms

cadaverously corpse like death warmed over thin person

Related Terms

cadaver cadaverously corpselike death

Similar Terms

lean thin thin

Synonym Network

cadaveric

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