Definition of cadaverous Cadaverous
ca•dav•er•ous
We found 6 definitions of cadaverous from 4 different sources.
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What does cadaverous mean?
WordNet
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| cadaverous - of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end" | ||
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| cadaverous - 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" | ||
| bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted | ||
| lean, thin not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cadaverous (Adjective)
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cadaverous (a.)
Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. - cadaverous (a.)
Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cadaverous
ka-dav′ė-rus, adj. looking like a dead body: sickly-looking.—n. Cadāv′er (surg. and anat.), a corpse.—adj. Cadav′eric.—n. Cadav′erousness. [L. cadaver, a dead body—cad-ĕre, to fall dead.]
