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Scrawny vs Cadaverous - What's the difference?

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Scrawny is a related term of cadaverous.


As adjectives the difference between scrawny and cadaverous

is that scrawny is thin, malnourished and weak while cadaverous is corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

scrawny

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Adjective

(er)
  • Thin, malnourished and weak.

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    cadaverous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
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    • , chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

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    * cadaverously