sickly

Meaning of sickly

verb
  1. To make (something) sickly.
  2. To become sickly.
adjective
  1. Frequently ill or in poor health.
    a sickly child
  2. Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
  3. (of a plant) Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth.
  4. Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
    a sickly pallor
  5. Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
  6. Lacking intensity or vigour.
    a sickly smile
  7. Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
  8. Tending to produce nausea.
    a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality
  9. Overly sweet.
  10. Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
  11. Tending to produce disease or poor health.
    a sickly autumn; a sickly climate
adverb
  1. In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.
    sickly pale; to cough sickly

Information about sickly

  • The plural form of sickly is: sicklies.
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Hyphenation of sickly

sickly

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sickly is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sickly synonyms

Meaning sallow:

sallow

Meaning ailing:

ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, unwell, seedy

Meaning :

faint, pale, wan, feeble, insipid, weak, unhealthy, nauseating, sickening, cloying, saccharine, insalubrious, unwholesome

Words that rhyme with sickly

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