adj
cadaverous
Cadaverous (adj) means resembling a corpse, suggesting death, or looking like a dead body.
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Resembling a corpse, suggesting death, or looking like a dead body.
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Etymology
From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).
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What is the meaning of cadaverous?
"cadaverous" (adj) means resembling a corpse, suggesting death, or looking like a dead body.
What is another word for cadaverous?
Other words for "cadaverous" include wasted, cadaveric, skeletal, pinched, gaunt, haggard.
What is the opposite of cadaverous?
Opposites of "cadaverous" include animate, rosy, vital.
