cadaverous (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *cadaverous*:
ADJECTIVE	all	cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pert	cadaverous, cadaveric	of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

English > *cadaverous*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
Synonyms	emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Broader	thin, lean	lacking excess flesh
Spanish	cadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco
Catalan	cadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat

English > *cadaverous*: 2 senses > adjective 2, pert
Meaning	Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse.
Example	"we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
Synonym	cadaveric
Spanish	cadavérico
Catalan	cadavèric
Nouns	cadaver	the dead body of a human being

HyperDic: cadaverous