cadaverous
Meaning of cadaverous
- very pale, thin, or bony.
he was gaunt and cadaverous
late Middle English: from Latin cadaverosus, from cadaver ‘corpse’.
Information about cadaverous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of cadaverous
ca-dav-er-ous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- cadaverous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
cadaverous synonyms
Meaning bony:
bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Meaning cadaveric:
Meaning (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health:
Meaning of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black:
Meaning (of a revolution or conflict) without violence or killing:
Meaning (of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness:
Meaning of a pale greyish colour; ashen:
Meaning consisting of or rich in chalk:
Meaning of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead:
Meaning having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax:
Meaning resembling wax in consistency or appearance:
Meaning of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural:
Meaning (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony:
Meaning (of a person or animal) thin and bony:
Meaning (of a person) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:
Meaning relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia:
Meaning furiously angry:
Meaning (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light:
Meaning relating to lymph or its secretion:
Meaning lacking enough food; emaciated:
Meaning (of a person or animal) thin; lean:
cadaverous antonyms
Meaning (especially of a person's skin) coloured like a pink or red rose, typically as an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment:
Meaning having a red or flushed complexion:
Meaning (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh:
Meaning having a full rounded shape:
Words that rhyme with cadaverous
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