sickly

[ sik-lee ]

/ ˈsɪk li /

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adjective, sick·li·er, sick·li·est.

not strong; unhealthy; ailing.

of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion.

marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region: the epidemic left the town sickly.

causing sickness.

nauseating.

maudlin and insipid; mawkish: sickly sentimentality.

faint or feeble, as light or color.

adverb

in a sick or sickly manner.

verb (used with object), sick·lied, sick·ly·ing.

to cover with a sickly hue.

Origin of sickly

1300–50; Middle English siklich, sekly (adj.). See sick¹, -ly

SYNONYMS FOR sickly

1 frail, weak, puny, sick, feeble, infirm.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sickly

sick·li·ness, noun

Words nearby sickly

sickle-cell test, sickle-hocked, sicklebill, sicklemia, sickling, sickly, sickness, sickness benefit, sicko, sickout, sickroom

Example sentences from the Web for sickliness

Who would suspect the composer's fragility and sickliness in this work?

Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician |Frederick Niecks
They sat down by the water side, crushing the meadowsweet till its sickliness grew almost fierce with bruising.

Joanna Godden |Sheila Kaye-Smith
His complexion was pale almost to sickliness; his figure, which did not rise above the middle height, was slender and bony.

Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times |Louise Muhlbach
She drew by a certain warm charm of personality that repelled in closer quarters by its odours of sickliness.

A Woman of Genius |Mary Austin

To-day some amount of sickliness and headache is bothering me, but nothing to signify….

Charlotte Bront |T. Wemyss Reid

British Dictionary definitions for sickliness

sickly

/ (ˈsɪklɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak

of, relating to, or caused by sickness

(of a smell, taste, etc) causing revulsion or nausea

(of light or colour) faint or feeble

mawkish; insipid sickly affectation

adverb

in a sick or sickly manner

Derived forms of sickly

sickliness, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

sickly

adjective, sick·li·er, sick·li·est.

adverb

verb (used with object), sick·lied, sick·ly·ing.

Origin of sickly

SYNONYMS FOR sickly

OTHER WORDS FROM sickly

Words nearby sickly

Example sentences from the Web for sickliness

British Dictionary definitions for sickliness

adjective -lier or -liest

adverb

Derived forms of sickly

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

sickly

adjective, sick·li·er, sick·li·est.

adverb

verb (used with object), sick·lied, sick·ly·ing.

Origin of sickly

SYNONYMS FOR sickly

OTHER WORDS FROM sickly

Words nearby sickly

Words related to sickliness

Example sentences from the Web for sickliness

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adjective -lier or -liest

adverb

Derived forms of sickly

British Dictionary definitions for sickliness