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sick·ly
(sĭk′lē)adj. sick·li·er, sick·li·est
1. Prone to sickness.
2. Of, caused by, or associated with sickness: a sickly pallor.
3. Conducive to sickness: a sickly climate.
4. Causing nausea; nauseating.
5. Lacking vigor or strength; feeble or weak: a sickly handshake.
tr.v. sick·lied, sick·ly·ing, sick·lies
Archaic To make sickly.
sick′li·ness n.
sick′ly, sick′li·ly adv.
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sickly
(ˈsɪklɪ)adj, -lier or -liest
1. (Medicine) disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak
2. (Medicine) of, relating to, or caused by sickness
3. (of a smell, taste, etc) causing revulsion or nausea
4. (of light or colour) faint or feeble
5. mawkish; insipid: sickly affectation.
adv
in a sick or sickly manner
ˈsickliness n
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sick•ly
(ˈsɪk li)adj. -li•er, -li•est, adj.
1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
2. arising from ill health: a sickly complexion.
3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region.
4. causing sickness.
5. nauseating.
6. maudlin; mawkish: sickly sentimentality.
7. faint or feeble, as light or color.
adv. 8. in a sick or sickly manner.
v.t. 9. to cover with a sickly hue.
[1300–50]
sick′li•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | sickly - unhealthy looking unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" |
| 2. |  sickly - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "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" |
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sickly
adjective
1. unhealthy, weak, delicate, ailing, feeble, infirm, in poor health, indisposed He had been a sickly child.
2. pale, washed out, wan, pasty, bloodless, pallid, sallow, ashen-faced, waxen, peaky his pale, sickly face and woebegone expression
3. nauseating, revolting (informal), cloying, icky (informal) the sickly smell of rum
4. sentimental, romantic, sloppy (informal), corny (slang), cheesy (informal), mushy (informal), weepy (informal), slushy (informal), mawkish, tear-jerking (informal), schmaltzy (slang), gushy (informal) a sickly sequel to the flimsy series
5. insipid, pale, washed out, colourless, faint, milky, light-coloured, whitish Wallpapers are too often designed in sickly pastel shades.
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sickly
adjective1. Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems:
Idiom: under the weather.
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Translations
شاحِب، هَزيلضَعيف، مُعَرَّض للمَرَض
bledýmdlýneduživýnezdravý
dårligsygelig
heilskutæpur, veillsjúklegur, veiklulegur
chorľavý
bolehen
sickly
[ˈsɪklɪ] ADJ (sicklier (compar) (sickliest (superl)))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sickly
[ˈsɪkli] adj (= unhealthy) [person, animal] → maladif/ive
(= nauseating) [smell, taste] → écœurant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sickly
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sickly
[ˈsɪklɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → malaticcio/a; (plant, animal) → malato/a; (smile) → stentato/a; (complexion) → giallastro/a; (taste, smell) → stomachevole; (cake) → stucchevolesickly sweet → nauseante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sick
(sik) adjective1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.
2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.
3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!
4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake.
5. in bad taste. a sick joke.
noun vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick.
ˈsicken verb1. to become sick.
2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me.
ˈsickening adjective causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!
ˈsickeningly adverbˈsickly adjective
1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child.
2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly.
ˈsickness noun the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.
ˈsick-leave noun time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.
make (someone) sick to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.
the sick ill people. He visits the sick.
worried sick very worried. I'm worried sick about it.
see also ill.Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sickly
a. enfermizo-a, achacoso-a, endeble.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sickly
adj (comp -lier; super -liest) enfermizoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.