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Meaning of the word cadaverous in English

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cadaverous

US /kəˈdæv.ɚ.əs/
UK /kəˈdæv.ɚ.əs/
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Adjective

1.

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:
emaciatedgaunthaggardskeletalghastlypalewanashenpallidlividdeathlycorpse-likeghostlyspectralundead
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