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cadaverous
[kuh-dav-er-uhs]
adjective
of or like a corpse.
pale; ghastly.
haggard and thin.
cadaverous
/ əˈæəə /
adjective
of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
thin and haggard; gaunt
Other 51Թ Forms
- cadaverously adverb
- cadaverousness noun
- ˈ岹dzܲ adverb
- ˈ岹dzܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cadaverous1
Example Sentences
In cities like New York and San Francisco, cadaverous young men with lesions on their arms and faces were a frequent sight.
With a face caked in cadaverous makeup that accentuates a cheeky smirk with teeny fangs, this bloodsucker is impossible to take seriously.
Kawasaki had doubts about the promised future when her ferry arrived at a North Korean port and was met by hundreds of cadaverous people covered with soot from head to toe, she said.
And with an on-field demeanor that could be considered cadaverous, he coolly notched his first save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth.
The first three occurred during major surgeries decades earlier, when doctors cooled his body to cadaverous temperatures and stopped his heart to repair major arteries weakened by an inherited disorder called Marfan syndrome.
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When To Use
Cadaverous is used to describe a person who looks as if they were dead, such as someone who looks especially thin, pale, or bony.Cadaverous is an adjective form of cadaver—a dead body, especially a dead human body. The word cadaver is sometimes used interchangeably with the word corpse, but cadaver is especially used in a scientific context to refer to a body that is the subject of scientific study or medical use, such as one that will be dissected.However, cadaverous is not used in a technical way. It’s typically used in fiction stories to describe characters who are particularly pale and thin, especially when they’re a bit spooky. Describing a real person as cadaverous is never nice and can be very offensive.Cadaverous is most commonly used to describe people, but it can be used to describe other things, such as buildings or organizations.Example: Dressed in all black, the cadaverous butler added to the feeling of decay that seemed to haunt the old mansion.
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