Definition of Cadaverous

1. Adjective. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. "Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

Exact synonyms: Bony, Emaciated, Gaunt, Haggard, Pinched, Skeletal, Wasted
Similar to: Lean, Thin
Derivative terms: Boniness, Bonyness, Gauntness

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse. "We had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
Exact synonyms: Cadaveric
Partainyms: Cadaver, Cadaver
Derivative terms: Cadaver, Cadaver

Definition of Cadaverous

1. a. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

Definition of Cadaverous

1. Adjective. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cadaverous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Cadaverous

1. Having the pallor and appearance resembling a corpse. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadaverous

cadance
cadances
cadaster
cadasters
cadastral
cadastrally
cadastre
cadastres
cadaver
cadaver dog
cadaveric
cadaveric rigidity
cadaveric spasm
cadaverine
cadaverines
cadaverous (current term)
cadaverously
cadaverousness
cadavers
caddice
caddice-fly
caddice fly
caddices
caddie
caddied
caddies
caddis
caddis-fly
caddis flies
caddis fly

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