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English adjective: cadaverous

1. cadaverous very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold


SamplesEmaciated 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.


Synonymsbony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat

2. cadaverous of or relating to a cadaver or corpse


SamplesWe had long anticipated his cadaverous end.


Synonymscadaveric









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