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Meanings of cadaverous in inglés

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cadavérico

Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse.

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        cadavérico

        Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

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            Usage of cadaverous in inglés
            1
            Heart, cornea, double-lung, or pancreas transplants have to come from cadaverous donors.
            Break No Bones
            2
            There was no mistaking the metallic glistening eyes and the cadaverous skin.
            The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
            3
            By degrees the freshest among them began to grow cadaverous and saucer-eyed.
            Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
            4
            At his heels strode a tall, cadaverous person in a checked suit.
            Green Fancy
            5
            I dressed, looking like the cadaverous ghost I felt myself to be.
            The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
            6
            All white-feathered fowl, in spite of yellow legs, look cadaverous when picked.
            The Hills of Hingham
            7
            Everything from the ground to the sky was a dull, cadaverous grey.
            The Lost Continent
            8
            Turning, I saw that the cadaverous man had shut this door too.
            The Four Faces: A Mystery
            9
            There it ruled in ghostly splendor over a cadaverous remnant of Imperium.
            Foundation and Empire
            10
            Their faces had a cadaverous hue, which could not but be remarked.
            A Love Story
            11
            A deep sense of satisfaction is impressed on the Jesuit's cadaverous countenance.
            The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
            12
            His mother, tall, cadaverous, and of complaining voice and manner, only declared:
            Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
            13
            Brief glimpses of cadaverous faces melted into view, then snapped back again.
            Walking dead
            14
            His cadaverous face swam into my memory whenever I let myself relax.
            Shadows in Bronze
            15
            The cadaverous face was nothing but a splendid use of grease paint!
            The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
            16
            The cadaverous ghost of the uncle is shown on the screen several times.
            The Art of the Moving Picture
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            cadavérico
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