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CADAVEROUS
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
(adjective) 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”
cadaverous, cadaveric
(adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; “we had long anticipated his cadaverous end”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cadaverous (comparative more cadaverous, superlative most cadaverous)
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
Synonyms
• See also cadaverous
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*dav"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. cadaverosus.]
1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv.
– Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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