sickly

  • 21sickly — /ˈsɪkli / (say siklee) adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region. 4. causing sickness. 5. (of… …

  • 22sickly — adj. (sicklier, sickliest) 1 a of weak health; apt to be ill. b (of a person s complexion, look, etc.) languid, faint, or pale, suggesting sickness (a sickly smile). c (of light or colour) faint, pale, feeble. 2 causing ill health (a sickly… …

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  • 23sickly — adjective a) Frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill. a sickly child b) Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; …

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  • 24sickly — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Sickly is used with these nouns: ↑child, ↑pallor, ↑smell, ↑sweetness, ↑yellow {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Sickly is used with these adjectives: ↑pale, ↑sweet …

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  • 25sickly — adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1》 often ill; in poor health.     ↘causing, characterized by, or indicative of poor health. 2》 inducing discomfort or nausea: a sickly green.     ↘excessively sentimental or mawkish. Derivatives sickliness noun …

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  • 26sickly — [ˈsɪkli] adj 1) not healthy and often ill 2) a sickly smell or taste makes you feel sick …

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  • 27Sickly Business — Infobox Album | Name = Sickly Business Type = Album Artist = Sage Francis Released = 2004 Recorded = Genre = Hip hop Length = 1:18:35 Label = Strange Famous Records Producers = Reviews = Last album = Hope 2003 This album = Sickly Business 2004… …

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  • 28sickly — Synonyms and related words: achromatic, achromic, ailing, anemic, ashen, ashy, bled white, bloodless, cachectic, cadaverous, chloranemic, cloying, colorless, cranky, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, debilitated, delicate, dim, dimmed, dingy,… …

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  • 29sickly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. invalid, ailing, unwell; debilitated, languid, peaked; wan, pale, washed out, faint; mawkish, nauseating. See disease, weakness, colorlessness.Ant., healthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ailing, weak …

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  • 30sickly — sick·ly || sɪklɪ adj. unhealthy, tending to suffer from ill health; feeble, weak; nauseating, causing sickness; languid, pale …

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