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CADAVEROUS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example:

kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Synonyms:

cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Example:

we had long anticipated his cadaverous end

Synonyms:

cadaveric; cadaverous

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cadaver (the dead body of a human being)

Derivation:

cadaver (the dead body of a human being)

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