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Meaning of "cadaverous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CADAVEROUS

cadaverous  [kəˈdævərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CADAVEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cadaverous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CADAVEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cadaverous in the English dictionary

The definition of cadaverous in the dictionary is of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly. Other definition of cadaverous is thin and haggard; gaunt.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CADAVEROUS


baccivorous
bækˈsɪvərəs
carnivorous
kɑːˈnɪvərəs
fervorous
ˈfɜːvərəs
feverous
ˈfiːvərəs
flavorous
ˈfleɪvərəs
frugivorous
fruːˈdʒɪvərəs
graminivorous
ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs
granivorous
ɡræˈnɪvərəs
herbivorous
hɜːˈbɪvərəs
insectivorous
ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs
mellivorous
mɪˈlɪvərəs
merdivorous
mɜːˈdɪvərəs
nucivorous
njuːˈsɪvərəs
omnivorous
ɒmˈnɪvərəs
ossivorous
ɒˈsɪvərəs
papaverous
pəˈpeɪvərəs
piscivorous
pɪˈsɪvərəs
pulverous
ˈpʌlvərəs
savorous
ˈseɪvərəs
vermivorous
vɜːˈmɪvərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CADAVEROUS

cad
cadaga
cadagi
cadaster
cadastral
cadastrally
cadastre
cadaver
cadaveric
cadaverine
cadaverously
cadaverousness
Cadbury
CADCAM
caddice
caddie
caddie car
caddie cart
caddied
caddies

WORDS THAT END LIKE CADAVEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of cadaverous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CADAVEROUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cadaverous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cadaverous

Translation of «cadaverous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CADAVEROUS

Find out the translation of cadaverous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cadaverous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cadaverous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苍白
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadavérico
570 millions of speakers

English

cadaverous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جثي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трупный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cadavérico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadavérique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cadaverous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leichenhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死人の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cadaverous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xanh mét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிணம் ஒத்த பிணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शवपेटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kadavra gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cadaverico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trupi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трупний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cadaveric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cadaverous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kadaweragtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cadaverous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cadaverous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cadaverous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CADAVEROUS»

The term «cadaverous» is regularly used and occupies the 67.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CADAVEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cadaverous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cadaverous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cadaverous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CADAVEROUS»

Discover the use of cadaverous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cadaverous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Decline of Therapeutic Bloodletting and the Collapse of ...
The cause of Kolletschka's death was known; it was the wound by the autopsy knife that had been contaminated by cadaverous particles. Not the wound itself, but contamination of the wound by the cadaverous particles caused his death .
K. Codell Carter, 2012
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The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
I L L-VV ILL. AN ACTING CHARADE. — BY CAPTAIN MARRTAT. Dramatis Personce. Mr. Cadaverous, An old Miser, very rich and very ill. Edward, A young Lawyer without a brief. Mr. Haustus Gumarabic, Apothecary. Seedy, Solicitor. Thomas ...
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The New Monthly Magazine
Mr. Cadaverous, An old Miser, very rich and very ill. Edward, A young Lawyer without a brief. Mr. Haustus Gumarabic, Apothecary. Seedy, Solicitor. Thomas Montagu, 1 »r , . lr n , John Montagu, \Nephews to Mr. Cadaverous. w 0 ' > Nephews ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1837
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Cadaverous Bone Marrow and Serological Response to Thermal Burns
Contents: A new method of preparing cadaverous bone marrow intended for transplantation, by A.G. Fedotenkov and others On serological activity during thermal burns, by P.N. Kosyakov and others The status of certain immunobiological ...
JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE WASHINGTON D C., 1963
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Olla podrida
Mb. Cadaverous, An old miser, very rich and very ill. Edward, A young lawyer without a brief. Mr. Haustus Gumarabic, Apothecary. Seedy, Solicitor. Thomas Montagu.) .,_» .. „. _-. John Montagu, '}***«" *» Mr. Cadaverous. James Sterling, 1 ,. . . .
Frederick Marryat, 1856
6
Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
In Kolletschka, the specific causal factor was the cadaverous particles that had been introduced into his vascular system. I was compelled to ask whether cadaverous particles had been introduced into the vascular systems of those patients ...
Kay Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter, 1994
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The New Monthly Magazine
His iron countenance assumed a cadaverous aspect, and his sullen eyes, sunk in their sockets, gave indications of incipient atrophy. To his other afflictions was now added a phantasy that haunted him hourly. He thought he should die for ...
8
The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings
I assumed that the cause of the greater mortality rate was cadaverous particles adhering to the hands of examining obstetricians. I removed this cause by chlorine washings. Consequently, mortality in the first clinic fell below that of the second.
Carol Buck, 1988
9
London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
Cadaverous spasm — Evidence furnished by the position of a dead body — II capons grasped in the hands of suicide* — Caseot Lord W. Russell— Question (f identity — Suicide mistaken for murder — Evidence of interference with a dead ...
10
The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever
In Kolletschka, the specific causal factor was the cadaverous particles that were introduced into his vascular system. I was compelled to ask whether cadaverous particles had been introduced into the vascular systems of those patients whom I  ...
Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis, Kay Codell Carter, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CADAVEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cadaverous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How does an murderous sea monster hide from police? Read this …
He had to walk past cells filled with hideous, cadaverous criminals. He didn't want to dawdle so he hastened his pace and ploughed on through ... «Harrow Times, Jul 15»
2
Listening Post: Joy Williams, Carter Pann, Kenny Werner
The eighth of his “The Piano's 12 Sides” is called “Soiree Macabre” and the composer instructs us to “imagine a cadaverous Vincent Price ... «Buffalo.com, Jul 15»
3
Fathers of Anarchy
... Cabaret Voltaire was the dream of the club's house pianist, Hugo Ball, a black-clad, cadaverous aesthete, and his girlfriend Emmy Hemmings ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
Benjamin Markovits: 'The empty streets of Detroit feel rural'
Markovits, 42, is extremely tall - 6ft 6in - and rangy, with gentle eyes, a high, domed forehead and a cadaverous expression. He talks in a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Second novel for Bedford teacher inspired by Henry Ford's Fordlandia
... for people to read his novel in which labourers begin to disappear from a vast rubber plantation and pale, cadaverous figures are glimpsed in ... «Bedfordshire News, Jun 15»
6
Track record: why trains weave their way through the history of great …
Like the most enriching train journeys, the pleasure is in the travelling, not the arriving – just so long as you're not stuck with the cadaverous ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
7
An interview lulled by film: Mathieu Dufois
My work is not sad as it demonstrates how, within a cadaverous landscape, the traces of life always remain, and how this seed of life can ... «AMA, Jun 15»
8
Suddenly Last Summer review – shock tactics from Tennessee …
You can sense that there's something unpleasant on the menu when Mrs Venable, a cadaverous Louisianan dowager, spends the first scene ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Review: Giorgio Moroder Invites Too Many Dancers to the Disco on …
Moroder works Spears' cadaverous vocals till they're glossy and streamlined, dressing up her monosyllabic “duh-duh-duh“s with a pulse-racing ... «SPIN, Jun 15»
10
Lib at Large: Grateful Dead drummer recalls three decades with …
Cadaverous. But then I looked at our antihero nodding off onstage, unaware of what song he was playing even as his fingers picked out all the ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jun 15»

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