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anaemic

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a·nae·mic  (-nmk)
adj.
Variant of anemic.
anaemic or US anemic
Adjective
1. having anaemia
2. pale and sickly-looking
3. lacking vitality
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.anaemic - relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
anemic
2.anaemic - lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"
anemic
weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
anaemic
adjective 1. pale, weak, dull, frail, feeble, wan, sickly, bloodless, colourless, infirm, pallid, ashen, characterless, enervated, like death warmed up (informal) << OPPOSITE rosy
adjective 2. weak, feeble
Translations
anaemic [əˈniːmɪk] adj → anémico;
(fig) → flojo
anaemic (US), anemic [əˈniːmɪk] adj → anémique
anaemic (US) anemic anaemia [əˈniːmɪk] adj → blutarm
anaemic [əˈniːmɪk] adj → anemico/a


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in their cradles) they say nothing to me: to my mind they know too much and feel too obviously; I cannot stomach the heartiness with which they slap me on the back or the emotion with which they hurl themselves on my bosom; their passion seems to me a little anaemic and their dreams a trifle dull.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He was narrow-hipped, narrow-shouldered, and anaemic, while he seemed not so much oppressed by gloom as by a sweet and gentle sadness, the weight of which was as sweetly and gently borne.
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But he was one of those weak creatures, void of pride, timorous, anaemic, hateful souls, full of shifty cunning, who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves.
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