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
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).