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cadaverous
adjective
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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adjective
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
“A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”
adjective
Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
“We had long anticipated his cadaverous end”
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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
We had long anticipated his cadaverous end
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