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cadaverous
[ kuh-dav-er-uhs ]
adjective
- of or like a corpse.
- pale; ghastly.
- haggard and thin.
cadaverous
/ 办蓹藞诲忙惫蓹谤蓹蝉 /
adjective
- of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
- thin and haggard; gaunt
Derived Forms
- 肠补藞诲补惫别谤辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
- 肠补藞诲补惫别谤辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠补路诲补惫顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
- 肠补路诲补惫顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
亚洲网紅露点 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.
He鈥檚 attractive and she鈥檚 comely, and the subtle sexual tension between them is at least as compelling as their cadaverous adventures.
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.
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What does听cadaverous mean?
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鈥攁 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鈥檚 typically used in fiction stories to describe characters who are particularly pale and thin, especially when they鈥檙e 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.
Where does听cadaverous come from?
The first records of the word cadaverous come from the 1600s. It comes from the Latin 肠补诲腻惫别谤艒蝉耻蝉, meaning 鈥渓ike a corpse,鈥 from 肠补诲腻惫别谤, 鈥渃orpse,鈥 from the Latin verb cadere, 鈥渢o perish.鈥
A character who鈥檚 described as cadaverous looks like a walking corpse鈥攖hey鈥檙e often pale and very thin. Such a person could also be described as skeletal. These words are often used in stories, but applying them to real people can be very insulting.
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How is听cadaverous used in real life?
Cadaverous is most commonly used in descriptions of fictional characters. Describing a real person as cadaverous is very insulting.
Speaking of , ever seen that bunch of monks in Annaud's film version of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and thought "arrg鈥o creepy"? Well they're nothing compared to the cadaverous Carthusians surrounding the newbie in Dor茅's 1875 The Neophyte. Yikes
鈥 Joel Merriner (@JoelMerriner)
鈥淟ike all great men, Kant died without any sweat. Only his eye was rigid, writes Wasianski, writes de Quincey, and his face and lips became discolored by a cadaverous pallor鈥攁nd that was all.鈥
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鈥 Chicago Review (@chireview)
A cadaverous cyan pheasant-like troll, with a sticky tongue and the head of a penguin, that lives in a swamp and is afraid of its own young.
鈥 Build Me A Beast! (@BuildMeABeast)
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Which of the following words could be used to describe a character who is said to be cadaverous?
A. thin
B. pale
C. bony
D. all of the above
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