Cadaverous

Quick meaning: Cadaverous is an adjective meaning Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

Meaning

Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

Example Sentences

1917 rev. 1925 Ezra Pound, "Canto I" Dark blood flowed in the fosse, Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead .

Some approached pure blanching; some had a bluish pallor; some worn by the older characters (which had possibly lain by folded for many a year) inclined to a cadaverous tint, and to a Georgian style.

By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

The speakers were three men, rather beyond middle life. One was pale and cadaverous, as if every feature gave testimony to the length of his vigils and the rigour of his fasts, while straight black hair hanging down on each side his face added to his wild and neglected appearance.

Synonyms for cadaverous

Depending on context, synonyms include corpse-like, unburied, haggard, lean, thin, emaciated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skeletal, pinched, thin, lean, emaciated, gaunt.

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