cadaverous

  • 11cadaverous — adjective his cadaverous face Syn: (deathly) pale, pallid, ashen, gray, whey faced, sallow, wan, anemic, bloodless, etiolated, corpselike, deathlike; bony, skeletal, emaciated, skin and bones, haggard, gaunt, drawn …

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  • 12cadaverous — adjective Date: 1627 1. a. of or relating to a corpse b. suggestive of corpses or tombs 2. a. pallid, livid b. gaunt, emaciated • cadaverously adverb …

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  • 13cadaverous — cadaverously, adv. cadaverousness, n. /keuh dav euhr euhs/, adj. 1. of or like a corpse. 2. pale; ghastly. 3. haggard and thin. [1620 30; < L cadaverosus like a corpse. See CADAVER, OUS] * * * …

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  • 14cadaverous — adjective Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver …

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  • 15cadaverous — Having the pallor and appearance resembling a corpse. * * * ca·dav·er·ous kə dav (ə )rəs adj 1) of or relating to a corpse 2) of a complexion being pallid or livid like a corpse * * * ca·dav·er·ous (k&#601; davґ&#601;r &#601;s) resembling a&#8230; …

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  • 16cadaverous — Synonyms and related words: achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, attenuated, bled white, bloodless, blue, chloranemic, colorless, corpselike, dead, deadly, deadly pale, deathlike, deathly, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, dull …

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  • 17cadaverous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ghostly, pallid, gaunt, haggard; see ghastly 1 , pale 1 , sick , thin 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. pale, ghastly, gaunt, haggard, pallid, ashen, deathly, emaciated, chalky, ghostly, bloodless, having the pallor&#8230; …

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  • 18cadaverous — ca|dav|er|ous [ kə dæv(ə)rəs ] adjective FORMAL extremely thin and looking pale and sick …

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  • 19cadaverous — ca·dav·er·ous || kÉ™ dævÉ™rÉ™s adj. ghastly; corpse like …

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  • 20cadaverous — adjective resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony. Derivatives cadaverously adverb cadaverousness noun …

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