Peaky

//ˈpiːki//

Synonyms for "peaky" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

acicular acuminate acute ailing ashen attenuated cadaverous cuspidate debilitated drained drawn emaciated enervated

Strong matches (20)

exhausted failing feeble frail gaunt haggard high hollow eyed hollow-eyed ill infirm invalid jejune languishing moribund pale pallid pasty peaked peaking

Related words (32)

Adjective(1 words)

peakish

pinched pointed poor puny reduced run down sallow sharp shriveled sick sickly skeletal starved underfed undernourished unhealthy unsound unwell unwholesome valetudinarian

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wan washed out wasted waxen weak weakened weakly whey-faced withered wizened

Adjective(1 words)

spiky

Related word relations

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4 relation types

derived

4 entries

peakily peakiness peaky blinder peakyish

derived from

1 entries

peak

related to

3 entries

peak peaked sickly

similar

3 entries

high high-pitched

Translations

3 translations across 3 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

отслабнал adj (sickly)

Dutch

1 entries

ziekelijk adj (sickly)

Russian

1 entries

измождённый adj (sickly)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's going to be very weak and peaky for the next couple of days.

Source: tatoeba (5014224)

Are you all right, mate? It's just you look a bit peaky.

Source: tatoeba (11960180)

You look a bit peaky.

Source: tatoeba (11960181)

Her appetite did not improve, however, and she looked very thin and peaky.

Source: wiktionary

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