English adjective: cadaverous | |||
1. | cadaverous very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted | ||
Similar | lean, thin | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||
2. | cadaverous of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | ||
Samples | We had long anticipated his cadaverous end. | ||
Synonyms | cadaveric | ||