Cadaverous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Suggestive of death; corpselike: a cadaverous odor.
  • adj. Of corpselike pallor; pallid: "I saw a cadaverous face appear at a small window” ( Charles Dickens).
  • adj. Emaciated; gaunt: a cadaverous mongrel picking through the garbage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a dead body; especially, having the appearance or color of the body of a dead person; pale; wan; ghastly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
  • adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • Equivalent
    lean    thin   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pale    ghastly    pal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sallow    ashen    careworn    rubicund    pallid    fleshless    haggard    wolfish    corpse-like    clean-shaven