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cadaverous

 
Dictionary: ca·dav·er·ous   (kə-dăv'ər-əs) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Suggestive of death; corpselike: a cadaverous odor.
    1. Of corpselike pallor; pallid: "I saw a cadaverous face appear at a small window" (Charles Dickens).
    2. Emaciated; gaunt: a cadaverous mongrel picking through the garbage.
cadaverously ca·dav'er·ous·ly adv.
cadaverousness ca·dav'er·ous·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death: deadly, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral. See live/die.
  2. Lacking color: ashen, ashy, bloodless, colorless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, waxen. See colors/colorless.
  3. Physically haggard: drawn, emaciated, gaunt, shrunken, skeletal, wasted. Idioms: skin and bones. See better/worse, tired/fresh.

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Definition: pale, corpselike
Antonyms: flushed, lifelike, lively


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Resembling a corpse.

pronunciation The hikers looked cadaverous after they were found a week later.

 
 
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