Synonyms for Cadaverous
Definition of cadaverous
- adjective
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "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"
- of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
9 synonyms found
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