sickly

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• unhealthy looking
• somewhat ill or prone to illness
  • "a sickly child"

Adj

• Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
• Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
• Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)
• Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
• Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
• Lacking intensity or vigour.
• Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
• Tending to produce nausea.
• Overly sweet.
• Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
• Tending to produce disease or poor health.

Verb

• To make (something) sickly.
• To become sickly.

Adv

• In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.

Synonyms

ailing, cloying, faint, feeble, indisposed, insalubrious, insipid, nauseating, pale, peaked, poorly, saccharine, sallow, seedy, sickening, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, unwholesome, wan, weak

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