cadaverous

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched,
skeletal, wasted
• Similar to:
thin, lean
• Derivationally related forms:
gauntness (for: gaunt), boniness (for: bony), bonyness (for: bony)
2. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
- we had long anticipated his cadaverous end
• Syn:
cadaveric
• Pertains to noun:
cadaver (for: cadaveric), cadaver
• Derivationally related forms:
cadaver (for: cadaveric), cadaver

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cadaveric, bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted