Cadaverous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɐlˌaɪzd/

🇬🇧British English

/kɐdˈavəɹəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɐdˈavəɹəs/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɐlˌaɪzd/.

Examples

emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bony wasted cadaveric emaciated pinched haggard gaunt skeletal

Parts of Speech

adjective	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold “emaciated bony hands”
adjective	of or relating to a cadaver or corpse “we had long anticipated his cadaverous end”

Word Forms

boniness	noun	extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
bonyness	noun	extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
gauntness	noun	extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
cadaver	noun	the dead body of a human being

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

leichenhaft

sehr dünn, insbesondere aufgrund von Krankheit, Hunger oder Kälte

🇫🇷French

cadavérique

très maigre, surtout à cause de la maladie, de la faim ou du froid

🇪🇸Spanish

cadavérico

muy delgado, especialmente por enfermedad, hambre o frío

🇮🇹Italian

cadaverico

molto magro soprattutto a causa delle malattie, della fame o del freddo

🇳🇱Dutch

lijkkleurig

erg dun, vooral door ziekte, honger of kou

🇵🇹Portuguese

cadavérico

muito magro, especialmente por causa de doença, fome ou frio

🇷🇺Russian

трупный

очень худой, особенно от болезни, голода или холода

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शव का

विशेष रूप से बीमारी या भूख या सर्दी से बहुत पतला

🇧🇩Bengali

মৃতদেহ

বিশেষ করে রোগ বা ক্ষুধা বা ঠান্ডা থেকে খুব পাতলা

🇮🇳Tamil

சடலம்

குறிப்பாக நோய் அல்லது பசி அல்லது குளிர்ச்சியால் மிகவும் மெல்லியதாக இருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

శవమైన

ముఖ్యంగా వ్యాధి లేదా ఆకలి లేదా జలుబు నుండి చాలా సన్నగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

शव

विशेषतः रोग किंवा भूक किंवा थंडीमुळे खूप पातळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

શબ

ખાસ કરીને રોગ અથવા ભૂખ અથવા ઠંડીથી ખૂબ પાતળું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶವದ

ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ರೋಗ ಅಥವಾ ಹಸಿವು ಅಥವಾ ಶೀತದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಾ ತೆಳುವಾದದ್ದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശവശരീരം

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് രോഗം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിശപ്പ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ജലദോഷം എന്നിവയിൽ നിന്ന് വളരെ മെലിഞ്ഞത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੌਤ

ਬਹੁਤ ਪਤਲਾ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਭੁੱਖ ਜਾਂ ਠੰਡੇ ਤੋਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

مرنے والا

خاص طور پر بیماری یا بھوک یا سردی سے بہت پتلا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

苍白的

非常瘦，特别是由于疾病、饥饿或寒冷

🇯🇵Japanese

死体のような

特に病気、飢え、寒さのせいで非常に痩せている

🇰🇷Korean

시체

특히 질병이나 굶주림, 추위로 인해 매우 여위어 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xác chết

rất gầy đặc biệt là do bệnh tật, đói hoặc lạnh

🇹🇭Thai

ซากศพ

ผอมมากโดยเฉพาะจากโรคภัยไข้เจ็บหรือความหิวโหยหรือไข้หวัด

🇮🇩Indonesian

pucat pasi

sangat kurus terutama karena penyakit atau kelaparan atau kedinginan

🇵🇭Filipino

bangkay

napakapayat lalo na sa sakit o gutom o sipon

🇲🇾Malay

mayat

sangat kurus terutamanya dari penyakit atau kelaparan atau selsema

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جيفي

نحيف جدًا خاصة من المرض أو الجوع أو البرد

🇮🇷Persian

جسد

بسیار لاغر به خصوص در اثر بیماری یا گرسنگی یا سرما

🇹🇷Turkish

kadavraya ait

özellikle hastalıktan, açlıktan veya soğuktan dolayı çok zayıf

🇮🇱Hebrew

פִּגרִי

רזה מאוד במיוחד ממחלות או רעב או קור

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The primary meaning of 'cadaverous' is 'very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold'.

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