Sickly

/ˈsɪkli/

Synonyms for "sickly" (141 found)

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Closest matches (29)

achromatic achromic ailing anemic ashen ashybled whitebloodless cachectic cadaverous chloranemic cloying colorless cranky deaddeadly paledeathly paledebilitated delicate dim

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dimmed dingy discolored diseased donsie down

Adjective(2 words)

ailing cloying

Noun(1 words)

distemper

Strong matches (42)

drained drawn dull enervated etiolated exhausted exsanguinated exsanguine exsanguineous faded failing faint fallow feeble flat frail ghastly gray grey haggard

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healthless hueless hypochromicin poor healthindisposed infirm insalubrious insipid invalid lackluster languishing leaden livid low lurid lusterless mat maudlin

Adjective(4 words)

greenish illill healthindisposed

Related words (70)

mawkish mealy mean morbid moribund morose muddy mushy neutral noisome noxiousoff coloroff-color offish palepale as deathpale-faced pallid pasty peaked

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peaking peaky pimping poorly puny reducedreduced in healthropyrun downrun-down sallow sick sickish tallow-faced tender toneless uncolored unhealthful unhealthy unsound unwholesome valetudinarian valetudinary wanwashed outwashed-out watery waxen weak weakened weakly whey-faced whitewith low resistance

Adjective(16 words)

nauseatingoverly sweetpale pallid peakedpoor conditionpoorly sallow seedy sickliestunder the weatherunhealthily unhealthy unwell wan weakly

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More general

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adverbappearance descriptormanner adverbtaste descriptor

More specific

6 entries

greenish tintmedicated scentoverly sweetpalepallid complexionwan

Collocations

6 entries

sickly appearancesickly complexionsickly odorsickly palesickly pallorsickly sweet

Inflections

4 entries

sicker sickest sicklier sickliest

Derivations

1 entries

sickliness

similar

3 entries

ill sick unhealthy

Sample sentences

64 total sentences available.

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My desire to become a doctor grew out of looking after my sickly brother.

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The liquor gave off a sickly odor.

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Tom was a sickly child and was mollycoddled by his parents.

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A small garden sprinkled over with a scattered eruption of sickly plants separated each of these houses from the street.

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