sickly

IPA: sˈɪkɫi

verb

  • (transitive, archaic, literary) To make (something) sickly.
  • (intransitive, rare) To become sickly.

adjective

  • Frequently ill or in poor health.
  • Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
  • Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)
  • Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
  • Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
  • Lacking intensity or vigour.
  • Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
  • Tending to produce nausea.
  • Overly sweet.
  • (obsolete) Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
  • (obsolete) Tending to produce disease or poor health.

adverb

  • In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.
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Examples of "sickly" in Sentences

  • It might be chocolate but that's sickly.
  • On the topside, they are a sickly purple.
  • The single mother has a sickly, surly child.
  • He heals the sickly and gives porn to the horny.
  • The color suggests the sickly pallor of a corpse.
  • What a poor pale sickly little waif the elder one is.
  • Having no sons, Mulan's sickly father is obligated to enlist.
  • Guyuk was strict and intelligent person rather morose and sickly.
  • Henry XI was very indolent and sickly person since his childhood.
  • He was a violent warmonger and he also shares that sickly look of Jesus.

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