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cadaverous

cadaverous · more cadaverous · most cadaverous

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Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaverCorpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

» That cadaverous smell almost made me vomit.

Meaning

1 senses

Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
1917 rev. 1925 Ezra Pound, "Canto I" Dark blood flowed in the fosse, Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead ...
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More definitions

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Examples

3 sentences

That cadaverous smell almost made me vomit.
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The refugees appear cadaverous.
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He had a cadaverous appearance.
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Translations

5 languages

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By meaning 1

cadaverous:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more cadaverous, most cadaverous

Comparative	more cadaverous Lesson
Superlative	most cadaverous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms

unburiedcorpse-like

Close in meaning

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold:emaciated gaunt haggard pinched skeletal wasted
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse:cadaveric

Word family

6 related words

RelatedcorpseC2 cadaverously thin person cadaver

Derivedcadaverousness uncadaverous

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

cacophony cactus cadaver caddie cadence

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