adjective
- of or like a corpse.
- pale; ghastly.
- haggard and thin.
adjective
- of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
- thin and haggard; gaunt
“looking like a corpse,” early 15c., from Latin cadaverosus “corpse-like,” from cadaver (see cadaver). Related: Cadaverously; cadaverousness.
adj.
- Suggestive of death; corpselike.
- Having a corpselike pallor.