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  • 51deathly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. deathlike, cadaverous, ghastly, gaunt; see dead 1 , dull 6 , pale 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. horrible, dreadful, terrible, appalling, macabre, ghastly. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Gruesomely… …

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  • 52wasted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. squandered, spent, destroyed, lost, consumed, eaten up, thrown away, shriveled, gaunt, emaciated, decayed, depleted, scattered, drained, gone for nothing, misapplied, useless, to no avail, down the drain, unappreciated …

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  • 53Corpse — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Corpse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 corpse corpse corse carcass cadaver bones skeleton dry bones Sgm: N 1 defunct defunct relics reliquiae remains mortal remains …

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  • 54Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 55cadaverously — adverb see cadaverous * * * caˈdaverously, adv. [f. prec. + ly2.] In a cadaverous manner; like a dead body. in Craig …

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  • 56ca|dav´er|ous|ness — ca|dav|er|ous «kuh DAV uhr uhs», adjective. 1. pale and ghastly: »a cadaverous expression. SYNONYM(S): wan. 2. thin and worn: » [He] is a tall, cadaverous man who walks unevenly (Time). SYNONYM(S): haggard. 3. of or like a cadaver …

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  • 57ca|dav´er|ous|ly — ca|dav|er|ous «kuh DAV uhr uhs», adjective. 1. pale and ghastly: »a cadaverous expression. SYNONYM(S): wan. 2. thin and worn: » [He] is a tall, cadaverous man who walks unevenly (Time). SYNONYM(S): haggard. 3. of or like a cadaver …

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  • 58ca|dav|er|ous — «kuh DAV uhr uhs», adjective. 1. pale and ghastly: »a cadaverous expression. SYNONYM(S): wan. 2. thin and worn: » [He] is a tall, cadaverous man who walks unevenly (Time). SYNONYM(S): haggard. 3. of or like a cadaver …

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  • 59Cadaveric — Ca*dav er*ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] {Cadaveric alkaloid}, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead… …

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  • 60Cadaveric alkaloid — Cadaveric Ca*dav er*ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] {Cadaveric alkaloid}, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition… …

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