What does Cadaverous Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
  • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Examples

  • "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
  • "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

Part of Speech

Adjective