cadaverous
The word “cadaverous” has 4 syllables: cad-a-ver-ous
It's pronounced as /kəˈdævərəs/
What is synonym and antonym for cadaverous?
In the thesaurus, “cadaverous” has 65 synonyms and 40 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for cadaverous along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for cadaverous
- anemic
- ashen
- ashy
- bag of bones
- blanched
- bloodless
- boney
- bony
- consumptive
- dead
- deathlike
- deathly
- doughy
- emaciated
- exsanguinous
- famished
- gaunt
- ghastly
- ghostly
- haggard
- hungry
- lank
- lanky
- livid
- lurid
- mealy
- pale
- paled
- pallid
- pasty
- peaked
- peaky
- rawboned
- sallow
- sallowish
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadowy
- shriveled
- shrivelled
- sick
- sickly
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skeletonlike
- skin and bones
- skinny
- spare
- spectral
- starved
- starving
- thin
- underfed
- undernourished
- untanned
- wan
- wasted
- waxen
- waxy
- whey-faced
- white
- white-faced
- whitened
- withered
- wizened
Antonyms for cadaverous
- beefy
- blooming
- blushing
- brawny
- burly
- chubby
- corpulent
- fat
- fit
- flabby
- fleshy
- florid
- flush
- flushed
- full-blooded
- glowing
- hale
- healthy
- hearty
- heavyset
- husky
- lifelike
- lively
- obese
- overweight
- pink
- plump
- portly
- pudgy
- red
- roly-poly
- rosy
- rotund
- rubicund
- ruddy
- sanguine
- soft
- stocky
- thickset
- tubby
Meanings of cadaverous
- adjective
- Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
Example Sentences
- The haunted house had a cadaverous atmosphere, with dim lights casting eerie shadows on the walls.
- His face, pale and gaunt, appeared almost cadaverous under the harsh fluorescent lights of the hospital room.
- The old mansion, abandoned for years, had a cadaverous appearance, with peeling paint and broken windows.
- The stranger's voice had a hollow, cadaverous quality that sent a chill down the spine of anyone who heard it.
- In the moonlight, the graveyard took on a cadaverous aura, with tombstones casting long, ghostly shadows.
On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cadaverous, such as: anemic, ashen, ashy, bag of bones, beefy, blanched, bloodless.
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