English Synonym Finder

cadaverous

Definitions

Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.

Suggestive of death; ghastly or haggard.

Examples

After weeks of illness, he looked pale and cadaverous, his skin stretched thin over his sharp cheekbones.

The old mansion was filled with shadows that gave the statues in the garden a haunting, cadaverous appearance.

Synonyms

gaunt emaciated haggard skeletal ghastly wan deathly

Antonyms

robust healthy plump hearty vigorous flushed sturdy