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Sickly

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Adjective

1. sallow, sickly

unhealthy looking

2. ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell

somewhat ill or prone to illness

Example Sentences:
'my poor ailing grandmother'
'feeling a bit indisposed today'
'you look a little peaked'
'feeling poorly'
'a sickly child'
'is unwell and can't come to work'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sickly

see synonyms of sickly
adjective -lier or -liest
1. 
disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak
2. 
of, relating to, or caused by sickness
3. 
(of a smell, taste, etc) causing revulsion or nausea
4. 
(of light or colour) faint or feeble
5. 
mawkish; insipid
sickly affectation
adverb
6. 
in a sick or sickly manner

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sickly

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈsicklier or ˈsickliest
1. 
in poor health; chronically sick or prone to sickness; not strong or robust
2. 
of or produced by sickness
a sickly pallor
3. 
characterized by the prevalence of disease or sickness; unhealthful
4. 
sickening; nauseating
a sickly odor
5. 
faint; feeble
a sickly light
6. 
weak; mawkish
a sickly smile
adverbWord forms: ˈsicklier or ˈsickliest
7. 
in a sick manner
: also ˈsicklily (ˈsɪkləli ; sikˈləlē)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsicklied or ˈsicklying
8. 
to make sickly, as in color

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sickly

see synonyms of sickly
adj. sick·li·er, sick·li·est
1. Prone to sickness.
2. Of, caused by, or associated with sickness: a sickly pallor.
3. Conducive to sickness: a sickly climate.
4. Causing nausea; nauseating.
5. Lacking vigor or strength; feeble or weak: a sickly handshake.
tr.v. sick·lied, sick·ly·ing, sick·lies
Archaic To make sickly.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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