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Cadaverous (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The cadaverous appearance of the patient made it clear that they had been struggling with illness for some time.
  • The refugee's cadaverous frame was a stark reminder of the hardships they had endured during their journey.
  • The cadaverous look in his eyes seemed to pierce right through her, as if he was gazing into her very soul.
  • Years of living on the streets had left the old man with a cadaverous appearance, his skin pulled tight over his bones.
  • The concentration camp survivors were gaunt and cadaverous, their bodies weakened by months of starvation and brutality.

Synonyms

  • Gaunt
  • Wasted
  • Skeletal
  • Emaciated
  • Pinched
  • Haggard

Meaning 2

Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end".

Classification

Relational adjectives (pertainyms).

Synonyms

  • Cadaveric

Related Words

  • Cadaver (noun)
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