
sickly



sick‧ly /ˈsɪkli/ adjective
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Synonyms & Related Wordssickly[adjective]Synonyms:- unhealthy, ailing, delicate, faint, feeble, infirm, pallid, peaky, wan, weak
- nauseating, cloying, mawkish
Antonyms: robust
Contrasted words: hale, hearty, healthy, well
Related Words: cranky,
down,
pimping,
puny,
sickish,
weak,
diseased,
unhealthy
English Thesaurus: ill, sick, not very well, unwell, poorly, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarysick‧ly /ˈsɪkli/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
sick, the sick,
sickness,
sicko;
adjective:
sick,
sickening,
sickly;
adverb:
sickeningly,
sickly;
verb:
sicken]
1. a sickly person or animal is weak, unhealthy, and often ill:
a sickly child
She looked pale and sickly.2. especially British English a sickly smell, taste etc is unpleasant and makes you feel sick:
A sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair.3. a sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak:
The walls were painted a sickly green.
a pale sickly moon—sickly adverb:
a sickly sweet perfume [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Thesaurusill [not before noun] especially British English suffering from a disease or not feeling well:
Her mother is seriously ill in hospital.
I woke up feeling really ill.sick especially American English ill:
She’s been sick with the flu.
a sick child
Dan got sick on vacation.not very well [not before noun] ill, but not seriously ill:
Sarah’s not very well – she has a throat infection.unwell [not before noun] formal ill:
The singer had been unwell for some time.
Symptoms include fever, aching muscles, and feeling generally unwell.poorly [not before noun] British English spoken ill:
Your grandmother’s been very poorly lately.in a bad way [not before noun] very ill because of a serious injury or disease:
You’d better call an ambulance – she looks like she’s in a bad way.be off sick British English,
be out sick American English to be not at work because of an illness:
Two teachers were off sick yesterday.under the weather (
also off colour British English)
[not before noun] informal slightly ill:
Sorry I haven’t called you – I’ve been a bit under the weather lately.
You look a bit off colour – are you sure you’re OK?run down [not before noun] feeling slightly ill and tired all the time, for example because you have been working too hard, or not eating well:
Some people take extra vitamins if they are feeling run down.in poor health unhealthy and often ill:
Chopin was already in poor health when he arrived on the island.delicate weak and likely to become ill easily:
She was delicate and pale and frequently complained of headaches.
He had a delicate constitution and throughout his adult life suffered from various illnesses.sickly a sickly child is often ill:
He was a sickly child and spent a lot of time at home on his own.
His younger daughter was sickly and died when she was young. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲