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Meaning of the word cadaverous in English

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cadaverous

US /kəˈdæv.ɚ.əs/

UK /kəˈdæv.ər.əs/

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Adjective

of or like a corpse in being very thin, pale, and gaunt

Example:

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The long illness left him looking cadaverous.

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His face was cadaverous after weeks of starvation.

Synonym:

emaciated gaunt haggard skeletal ghastly pale wan ashen pallid livid deathly corpse-like ghostly spectral undead

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