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anaemic US, anemic [əˈniːmɪk] adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) relating to or suffering from anaemia 2. pale and sickly looking; lacking vitality ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
anaemic adjective 1. pale, weak, dull, frail, feeble, wan, sickly, bloodless, colourless, infirm, pallid, ashen, characterless, enervated, like death warmed up (informal) Losing a lot of blood makes you tired and anaemic. pale glowing, blooming, rosy, hearty, radiant, ruddy, sanguine, full-blooded, florid, rosy-cheeked, rubicund 2. weak, feeble, lacklustre, bland, poor, halfhearted We will see some economic recovery, but it will be very anaemic. Translations anaemic [əˈniːmɪk] (British) anemic (US) adj (MEDICINE) → anémique anaemic, (US) anemic anaemic anemic (Am) [əˈniːmɪk] adj → anemico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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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