cadaverous
adjective
ca·dav·er·ous
kə-ˈdav-rəs 
-ˈda-və-rəs
1
a
: of or relating to a corpse
the cadaverous odors of the battlefield
b
: suggestive of corpses or tombs
cadaverously
adverb
Examples of cadaverous in a Sentence
A tall, cadaverous man led us into the library.
everyone always looks cadaverous in the winter
Recent Examples on the Web
Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Concluding that the medical students and obstetricians were causing puerperal fever in their pregnant patients by infecting them with cadaverous particles on their hands, Semmelweis instituted some harsh protocols.
—Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
Looking at that picture, the back of Biden's neck looks cadaverous.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 30 Oct. 2023
Then those cadaverous mistakes are doing them in and losing games.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Season 2 picks up 10 years after Sam Walker (Sprouse) discovered the unspeakable secrets of Drisking, Mo., when a ghost of the past arrives to drag him back for revenge — and back to the cadaverous forests that color his nightmares… and back to the gates of Borrasca.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Mar. 2022
An earlier study suggested that the assassin bug’s cadaverous backpack protected it from other predators and now, Jackson and Pollard have tested this theory by pitting the bugs against jumping spiders.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2010
And despite their cadaverous appearances, vultures are actually very hygienic animals.
—William H. Funk, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2016
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Concluding that the medical students and obstetricians were causing puerperal fever in their pregnant patients by infecting them with cadaverous particles on their hands, Semmelweis instituted some harsh protocols.
—Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
Looking at that picture, the back of Biden's neck looks cadaverous.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 30 Oct. 2023
Then those cadaverous mistakes are doing them in and losing games.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Season 2 picks up 10 years after Sam Walker (Sprouse) discovered the unspeakable secrets of Drisking, Mo., when a ghost of the past arrives to drag him back for revenge — and back to the cadaverous forests that color his nightmares… and back to the gates of Borrasca.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Mar. 2022
An earlier study suggested that the assassin bug’s cadaverous backpack protected it from other predators and now, Jackson and Pollard have tested this theory by pitting the bugs against jumping spiders.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2010
And despite their cadaverous appearances, vultures are actually very hygienic animals.
—William H. Funk, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2016
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“Cadaverous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadaverous. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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cadaverous
adjective
ca·dav·er·ous
kə-ˈdav-(ə-)rəs
Medical Definition
cadaverous
adjective
ca·dav·er·ous
kə-ˈdav-(ə-)rəs
1
: of or relating to a corpse
2
of a complexion
: being pallid or livid like a corpse
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