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View usage for: (kədævərəs) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale. [written] ...a tall man with a long, cadaverous face. Synonyms: deathly, pale, ghastly, wan More Synonyms of cadaverous cadaverous in British English (kəˈdævərəs) adjective1. of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly 2. thin and haggard; gaunt Derived forms cadaverously (caˈdaverously) adverb cadaverousness (caˈdaverousness) noun cadaverous in American English (kəˈdævərəs) adjective of or like a cadaver; esp., pale, ghastly, or gaunt and haggard Derived forms cadaverously (caˈdaverously) adverb cadaverousness (caˈdaverousness) noun Examples of 'cadaverous' in a sentencecadaverous Definition pale, thin, and haggard a tall, thin man with a cadaverous face Synonyms blanched hollow-eyed corpse-like like death warmed up (informal) deathlike exsanguinous Additional synonymsDefinition pale with shock He fell back, shocked, his face ashen. Synonyms pale, white, grey, wan, livid, pasty, leaden, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) Definition anaemic-looking Her face was grey and bloodless. Synonyms pale, white, wan, sickly, pasty, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, chalky, sallow, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) Definition extremely thin through illness or lack of food We were shocked by the emaciated faces in the photo. Synonyms skeletal, thin, weak, lean, pinched, skinny, wasted, gaunt, bony, haggard, atrophied, scrawny, attenuate, attenuated, undernourished, scraggy, half-starved, cadaverous, macilent (rare) Nearby words ofcadaverous - cacophonous
- cacophony
- cad
- cadaverous
- caddish
- cadence
- cadge
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