SICKLY (sicklier, sickliest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does sickly mean? • SICKLY (adjective)
The adjective SICKLY has 2 senses:
1. unhealthy looking
2. somewhat ill or prone to illness
Familiarity information: SICKLY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SICKLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Unhealthy looking
Synonyms:
sallow; sickly
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Meaning:
Somewhat ill or prone to illness
Synonyms:
under the weather; poorly; peaked; indisposed; ailing; 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)
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