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as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
everyone always looks cadaverous in the winter
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as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
a cadaverous cancer patient living out his final days with dignity and courage
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Recent Examples of cadaverous
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadaverous
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
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The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Some appeared gaunt, and the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said four were immediately taken for medical treatment.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Some appeared gaunt, and the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said four were taken for treatment.—
Jalal Bwaitel,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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The 31-year-old pop superstar, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, arrived in a pale pink Schiaparelli ball gown covered in 190,000 sequins and rhinestones.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Nitrogen deficiency appears as stunted plant growth and pale green or yellow leaves.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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There’s a slight Francis Bacon aspect to them, poetic but at the same time incontrovertibly real, depicting every distorted limb, every haggard face and emaciated body, every wound and scar.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Nobody could have given this song so much haggard soul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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An explosion shakes the camera, and two skeletal buildings—the only ones visible on the entire block—collapse in a mushroom cloud.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
The New Yorker,
31 Dec. 2024
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Reuters images show the bus completely burned out after it was engulfed by flames following the collision, with just the skeletal remains of the metal frame left standing.—
CNN,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Cadaverous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadaverous. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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