Dictionary Check: cadaverous

"cadaverous" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 19 points

Definition

adjective

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example: "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
adjective

of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Example: "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
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