cadaverous

Definition of Cadaverous in English :

Adjective

1. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example Sentences:
'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'

lean
thin

2. cadaveric, cadaverous

of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Example Sentences:
'we had long anticipated his cadaverous end'

cadaveric

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cadaverous

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adjective

1.

of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly

2.

thin and haggard; gaunt

Cadaverous

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adjective

of or like a cadaver; esp., pale, ghastly, or gaunt and haggard

Cadaverous

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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" (Charles Dickens).

b. Emaciated; gaunt: a cadaverous mongrel picking through the garbage.

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