SICKLY


Meaning of SICKLY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: unwell , ailing, ||donsie, indisposed, low, mean, off-color, offish, poorly

Related Word: ||cranky, down

Contrasted words: hale, hearty; healthy, well

Antonyms: robust

2.

accompanying, indicating, or suggesting sickness

a sickly complexion

Synonyms: peaked, ||peaking, peaky, sick

Related Word: ||pimping, puny, sickish, weak; diseased; unhealthy

Contrasted words: healthy, hearty

3.

Synonyms: unwholesome 1, insalubrious, insalutary, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unsalutary

4.

Synonyms: morbid , morose, sick

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