cadaverous

Meaning

Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

Synonyms

gaunt
32k
haggard
29k
pinched
C2
skeletal
31k
corpselike
emaciated
46k
cadaveric
bony
20k
scrawny
C2
lean
B2
skinny
B2
wasted
B2
pale
B2
bareboned
drawn
B2
fatless
ghastly
C2
livid
27k
rawboned
thin
B2

pale and thin

osteal
ashen
Translations

cadavérico
cadaverico
cadavérique
cadavéreux
cadavèric
fino
esquelètic
émacié
ausgezehrt

leichenhaft

ausgemergelt
leichenblass
smunto
étique
Etymology

Cognate with Middle English
cadaverous
In summary

From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).

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