cadaverously
In ghastly manner
In a manner suggesting a corpse—pale, gaunt, or deathly thin.
The adverb modifies how someone appears or moves: He smiled cadaverously, his hollow cheeks stretching tight.
The word evokes both physical wasting and an unsettling quality, as if death has already begun its work.
Pale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- deathly paleExtremely bloodless in complexion
- chalkyPale and dusty-textured
bloodless · colorless · waxen · ghostly · sallow · pasty · blanched · white
Fascinated by death grotesquely
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- chillingCausing fear or cold
sinister · creepy · unsettling · haunting · spectral · grim · ominous · deathly
Lean from deprivation
- skeletalOf or like bones
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
- wastedUsed without good result
- haggardExhausted in appearance
sunken · drawn · scrawny · thin · starved · undernourished · malnourished · shriveled
ashen
Pale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- deathly paleExtremely bloodless in complexion
chalky · bloodless · colorless · waxen · ghostly · sallow · pasty · blanched · white · livid
ghoulish
Fascinated by death grotesquely
chilling · sinister · creepy · unsettling · haunting · spectral · grim · ominous · deathly · ghastly
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
haggard · sunken · drawn · scrawny · thin · starved · undernourished · malnourished · shriveled · withered
corpselike
Resembling a dead body
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
- rigor mortisPostmortem muscular rigidity
stiff · cold · unmoving · inert · inanimate · still · expired · deceased · postmortem · funereal
cadaverouslyvitally
In essential manner
vibrantly · animatedly · vivaciously · robustly · energetically