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   Ca·dav·er·ous

   /kəˈdav(ə)rəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony: "he had a cadaverous appearance"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. cadaverously adverb
   • 2. cadaverousness noun

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   Cadaverous definition: . See examples of CADAVEROUS used in a sentence.

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   Definition of cadaverous. 1. as in pallid. lacking a healthy skin color everyone always looks cadaverous in the winter. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. pallid. pale. ashen. paled. pasty. ashy. wan. doughy. blanched. sick. lurid. livid. mealy. sallow. white. waxen. peaked. sickly. waxy.

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective cadaverous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   cadaverous. /kəˈdævərəs/. adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of CADAVEROUS. [more cadaverous; most cadaverous] : looking very thin and pale : resembling a corpse. A tall, cadaverous man led us into the library. We saw a cadaverous [= emaciated] heroin addict sitting in the park.

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   cadaverous. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ca‧dav‧er‧ous /kəˈdævərəs/ adjective literary looking extremely thin, pale, and unhealthy cadaverous cheeks Examples from the Corpus cadaverous • His face was very bony, cadaverous.

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   Of or like a cadaver; esp., pale, ghastly, or gaunt and haggard. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Of corpselike pallor; pallid. American Heritage. Synonyms: wasted. skeletal. shrunken. gaunt. emaciated. drawn. wan. sallow. waxen. livid. colorless. bloodless. ashy. ashen. pasty. Antonyms: lifelike. flushed.

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   cadaverous /kəˈdævərəs/ adj. of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly. thin and haggard; gaunt. caˈdaverousness n. '. cadaverous. ' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): ghastly. Synonyms: ghostly, pallid, gaunt, haggard, ghastly, more...