RICKETY
Dictionary entry overview: What does rickety mean?
• RICKETY (adjective)
The adjective RICKETY has 3 senses:
1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
3. lacking physical strength or vitality
Familiarity information: RICKETY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RICKETY (adjective)
Meaning:
Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Synonyms:
wobbly; shaky; rickety; wonky
Context examples:
a rickety table / a wobbly chair with shaky legs / the ladder felt a little wobbly / the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Meaning:
Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
Synonyms:
rachitic; rickety
Context examples:
rickety limbs and joints / a rachitic patient
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Meaning:
Lacking physical strength or vitality
Synonyms:
debile; weakly; sapless; infirm; decrepit; rickety; feeble; weak
Context examples:
a feeble old woman / her body looked sapless
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
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