Definitions for cadaverous

Definitions for (adj) cadaverous

Main entry: haggard, skeletal, cadaverous, bony, emaciated, gaunt, wasted, pinched

Definition: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Usage: 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


Main entry: cadaveric, cadaverous

Definition: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Usage: we had long anticipated his cadaverous end


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