different between cadaverous vs corpselike

cadaverous

English

Etymology

cadaver +? -ous

Adjective

cadaverous (comparative more cadaverous, superlative most cadaverous)

  1. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
    • 1917 rev. 1925 Ezra Pound, "Canto I"
      Dark blood flowed in the fosse,
      Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead ...

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cadaverous

Translations

See also

  • cadaverously

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corpselike

English

Etymology

corpse +? -like

Adjective

corpselike (comparative more corpselike, superlative most corpselike)

  1. Resembling a corpse.
    • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:
      With Akeley’s permission I lighted a small oil lamp, turned it low, and set it on a distant bookcase beside the ghostly bust of Milton; but afterward I was sorry I had done so, for it made my host’s strained, immobile face and listless hands look damnably abnormal and corpselike.

Translations

Synonyms

  • cadaverous
  • deathly

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