Thesaurus:cadaverous

Thesaurus

cadaverous

English

Adjective

Sense: resembling a corpse

Synonyms

• cadaverous
• corpse-like
• unburied

Hyponyms

• anemic
• bony
• deathlike
• drawn
• etiolated
• feeble
• gaunt
• ghostly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• haggard
• hollow-cheeked
• hollow-eyed
• lymphatic
• pallid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pinched
• raw-boned
• scrawny    [⇒ thesaurus]
• skeletal
• sluggish
• spindle-shanked
• waxen
• waxy

Hypernyms

• physique    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• sickly
• thin
• weak    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• like death warmed over

See also

• Thesaurus:corpse
• Thesaurus:thin person
• Thesaurus:scrawny

External links

• “362. corpse” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “cadaverous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.