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cadaverous
[ kuh-dav-er-uhs ]
adjective
- of or like a corpse.
- pale; ghastly.
- haggard and thin.
cadaverous
/ kəˈdævərəs /
adjective
- of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
- thin and haggard; gaunt
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Derived Forms
- caˈdaverousness, noun
- caˈdaverously, adverb
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Other Words From
- ca·daver·ous·ly adverb
- ca·daver·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cadaverous1
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Example Sentences
A lean, cadaverous boy from along the mountain, a born enemy of the lads of the village, had dared me.
Caroline's first child is a pale, cadaverous little girl that will not live.
He had a particularly imperturbable butler with a cadaverous sad face and an eye of rigid disapproval.
The cadaverous man in the blue jacket turned to the man in the black garment of similar cut.
"Capitalistic dictatorships, he means," the cadaverous man in the blue jacket explained.
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