cadaverous meaning and definition

CADAVEROUS adjective

Definition of cadaverous (adjective)

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
   • "emaciated bony hands"; "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"
   • synonyms: bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
2. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
   • "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
   • synonyms: cadaveric