Skinny vs Cadaverous - What's the difference?
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(informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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A skinny being
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Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
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Skinny is a related term of cadaverous.
As adjectives the difference between skinny and cadaverous
is that skinny is (informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful while cadaverous is corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.As a noun skinny
is (colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.skinny
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(er)- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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(skinnies)- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
cadaverous
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Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}