PEAKED
Dictionary entry overview: What does peaked mean? • PEAKED (adjective)
The adjective PEAKED has 2 senses:
1. somewhat ill or prone to illness
2. having or rising to a peak
Familiarity information: PEAKED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PEAKED (adjective)
Meaning:
Somewhat ill or prone to illness
Synonyms:
ailing; indisposed; peaked; poorly; under the weather; unwell; sickly; seedy
Context examples:
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
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Meaning:
Having or rising to a peak
Context examples:
the peaked ceiling / the island's peaked hills
Similar:
pointed (having a point)
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