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1. (adj.) sickly
not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
2. sickly
arising from ill health:
a sickly complexion.
3. sickly
marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region.
4. sickly
causing sickness.
5. sickly
nauseating.
6. sickly
maudlin; mawkish:
sickly sentimentality.
7. sickly
faint or feeble, as light or color.
8. (adv.) sickly
in a sick or sickly manner.
9. (v.t.) sickly
to cover with a sickly hue.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sallow, sickly
unhealthy looking
2. (adj) ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
somewhat ill or prone to illness
"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"
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1. (adjective) sickly
not very healthy and often getting ill
a sickly child
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) sickly
in a sick manner or condition; ill
2. sickly
somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body
3. sickly
producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate
4. sickly
appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale
5. sickly
tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality
6. (verb) sickly
to make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle
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Sense: tending to be often ill
a sickly child.
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 Afrikaans: siekerig |
 Arabic: ضَعيف، مُعَرَّض للمَرَض |
 Bulgarian: болнав |
 Brazilian: doentio |
 Czech: neduživý |
 German: kränklich |
 Danish: sygelig |
 Greek: αρρωστιάρης, φιλάσθενος |
 Spanish: enfermizo |
 Estonian: haiglane |
 Farsi: مريض احوال |
 Finnish: sairaalloinen |
 French: maladif |
 Hebrew: חוֹלָנִי |
 Hindi: हमेशा बीमार पड़ना |
 Croatian: boležljiv, slabunjav |
 Hungarian: beteges |
 Indonesian: sakit-sakitan |
 Icelandic: heilskutæpur, veill |
 Italian: malaticcio |
 Japanese: 病気がちな |
 Korean: 병약한 |
 Lithuanian: liguistas, ligotas, negal |
 Latvian: slimīgs |
 Malay: mudah jatuh sakit |
 Dutch: ziekelijk |
 Norwegian: sykelig, usunn |
 Polish: chorowity |
 Persian: مريض احوال |
 Pashto: رنځور غاړى |
 Portuguese: doentio |
 Romanian: bolnăvicios |
 Russian: болезненный |
 Slovak: chorľavý |
 Slovenian: bolehen |
 Serbian: bolešljiv |
 Swedish: sjuklig |
 Thai: เจ็บป่วยบ่อย |
 Turkish: hastalıklı |
 Taiwanese: 多病的 |
 Ukrainian: хворобливий |
 Urdu: دائم المریض |
 Vietnamese: hayốm, hay bệnh |
 Chinese: 多病的 |
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