sickliness

sick·ly (s

)

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

To make sickly: "Timidity . . . sicklies the whole cast of thought in action" (Henry Adams).

sickli·ness n.

sickly, sickli·ly adv.

Translations

sickliness [ˈsɪklɪnɪs] N

1. (= ill health, feebleness) → lo enfermizo; (= paleness) → palidez f; (= weakness) → debilidad f

2. (= sweetness) → lo empalagoso

sickliness

n (of person, appearance) → Kränklichkeit f; (of complexion, light) → Blässe f; (of smell, taste, food, sentimentality, colour) → Widerlichkeit f, → Ekelhaftigkeit f; (of smile) → Mattheit f; (of grin) → Schwachheit f

sickliness [ˈsɪklɪnɪs] n (of person) → salute f malferma; (of cake, sweet) → sapore m stucchevole

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Terrible as his brother Nikolay had been before in his emaciation and sickliness, now he looked still more emaciated, still more wasted.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Foul and filthy as the room is, foul and filthy as the air is, it is not easy to perceive what fumes those are which most oppress the senses in it; but through the general sickliness and faintness, and the odour of stale tobacco, there comes into the lawyer's mouth the bitter, vapid taste of opium.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

He was a great walker, and thought nothing of going twenty or thirty miles a day, for though he was small and slight he had quite recovered from his childish sickliness and was full of wiry energy.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

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