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sick·ly
 sickly
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- pronunciation:
- sIk
li
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sicklier, sickliest |
| definition 1: |
often sick; not strong or healthy.
a sickly person- synonyms:
- ailing, unhealthy
- antonyms:
- healthy, resilient, robust, strong
- similar words:
- bad, feeble, infirm, lousy, run-down, unwell, wan, weak
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| definition 2: |
of, pertaining to, associated with, or arising from sickness.
the sickly yellow skin of jaundice- synonyms:
- diseased, morbid, unhealthy, unwholesome, wan
- antonyms:
- healthy, rosy
- similar words:
- ashen, drawn, emaciated, feeble, gaunt, green, haggard, infected, peaked
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| definition 3: |
insipid or feeble.
his sickly attempt to explain- synonyms:
- faint, feeble
- antonyms:
- strong
- similar words:
- fragile, infirm, insipid, pallid, vapid, wan, weak
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| related words: |
bad, bilious, clammy, delicate, infirm, off-color, sick, squeamish, unhealthy, unsound, wan, weak |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
in a sick or sickly way.
- similar words:
- feebly, infirmly, morbidly, unhealthily, unwholesomely, wanly, weakly
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
sicklies, sicklying, sicklied |
| definition: |
to make sickly, esp. in hue.
- synonyms:
- blanch, blench
- similar words:
- discolor, gray, pale
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| derivation: |
sickliness (n.) |
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