单词	cadaverous
释义	cadaverous adjective ca·​dav·​er·​ous kə-ˈdav-rəs  -ˈda-vər-əs 1 a : of or relating to a corpse the cadaverous odors of the battlefield b : suggestive of corpses or tombs 2 a : pallid, livid b : gaunt, emaciated grossly underweight, he appeared cadaverous, like a living skeleton cadaverously adverb Synonyms ashen ashy blanched doughy livid lurid mealy pale paled pallid pasty peaked wan See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences A tall, cadaverous man led us into the library. everyone always looks cadaverous in the winter Recent Examples on the Web Or the way that Morticia, voiced by Charlize Theron in the most musical of aristocratic purrs, doesn’t just walk but glides around in her cadaverous skin-tight dress that drapes over the floor in trails that look like black silk octopus legs. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2021 Slim to the point of cadaverous, intense, hawk-faced, almost totally bald, and sporting a bristling red mustache, Douri's devotion to Saddam was absolute and enforced with the loyalty and rigor of the fanatic. Philip Terzian, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020 Though most people look less cartoonish up close the president somehow looks more so: the preposterous hair and the radioactive orange glow and the black overcoat and lumpy cadaverous face. Ben H. Winters, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017 At first glance the shrunken, somewhat cadaverous man who stood before the court seemed like a startled rabbit. National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2017 Keening choirs and cadaverous extras bear witness as Yuri (Max Irons) leaves the family farm and his childhood sweetheart, Natalka (Samantha Barks), to attend art school in Kiev. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017 The noise attracted a cadaverous, grey denizen from the nearby marketing department, dragging a small bandwagon behind him. Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2008 See More Word History First Known Use 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Medical Definition cadaverous adjective ca·​dav·​er·​ous kə-ˈdav-(ə-)rəs  1 : of or relating to a corpse 2 of a complexion : being pallid or livid like a corpse cadaverous adjective 1 as in pallid lacking a healthy skin color everyone always looks cadaverous in the winter Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pallid pale paled ashen pasty ashy wan doughy blanched lurid sick sallow mealy livid waxen white sickly waxy peaked anemic whitened untanned bloodless sallowish whey-faced white-faced Antonyms & Near Antonyms ruddy red rosy florid sanguine rubicund glowing blooming flush pink full-blooded blushing flushed See More 2 as in gaunt suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease a cadaverous cancer patient living out his final days with dignity and courage Synonyms & Similar Words gaunt haggard skeletal emaciated bony starved starving lanky scrawny thin lank skinny hungry rawboned sinewy boney undernourished scraggy underfed wizened wasted withered shriveled famished shrivelled spare Antonyms & Near Antonyms healthy burly brawny beefy husky corpulent fleshy hale rotund pudgy hearty fat plump fit stocky obese chubby portly heavyset overweight thickset tubby flabby soft roly-poly See More
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