Definitions for: Cadaverous

[adj] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ca*dav"er*ous, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale;
ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead
body. ``The scent cadaverous.'' -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly,
adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.

Synonyms: bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, lean, pinched, skeletal, thin, wasted

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