cadaverous
of or like a corpse.
pale; ghastly.
haggard and thin.
Origin of cadaverous
1Other words from cadaverous
- ca·dav·er·ous·ly, adverb
- ca·dav·er·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby cadaverous
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How to use cadaverous in a sentence
The first three occurred during major surgeries decades earlier, when doctors cooled his body to cadaverous temperatures and stopped his heart to repair major arteries weakened by an inherited disorder called Marfan syndrome.
Pablo Sánchez, longtime Washington correspondent and producer for Univision, dies of covid-19 | Steve Thompson | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostA lean, cadaverous boy from along the mountain, a born enemy of the lads of the village, had dared me.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydCaroline's first child is a pale, cadaverous little girl that will not live.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacHe had a particularly imperturbable butler with a cadaverous sad face and an eye of rigid disapproval.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsThe cadaverous man in the blue jacket turned to the man in the black garment of similar cut.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
"Capitalistic dictatorships, he means," the cadaverous man in the blue jacket explained.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
British Dictionary definitions for cadaverous
/ (kəˈdævərəs) /
of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
thin and haggard; gaunt
Derived forms of cadaverous
- cadaverously, adverb
- cadaverousness, noun
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