Associations to the word «Cadaverous»

Wiktionary

CADAVEROUS, adjective. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

Dictionary definition

CADAVEROUS, adjective. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration".
CADAVEROUS, adjective. Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy