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anaemic

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a·nae·mic  (-nmk)
adj.
Variant of anemic.

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
Adj.1.anaemic - relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
2.anaemic - lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"
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) 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 anemic (US) [əˈniːmɪk] ADJ (Med) → anémico (fig) (= weak) → débil

anaemic [əˈniːmɪk] (British) anemic (US) adj
(MEDICINE)anémique
(= insipid) [person, character] → insipide; [film, book] → plat(e), fade; [taste, colour] → insipide

anaemic, (US) anemic
adj
(fig)anämisch, saft- und kraftlos; colour, appearancebleichsüchtig, anämisch

anaemic anemic (Am) [əˈniːmɪk] adjanemico/a

anaemic مُصاب بالأنيميا anémický anæmisk blutarm αναιμικός anémico aneeminen anémié anemičan anemico 貧血の 빈혈의 bloedarm anemisk anemiczny anémico, anêmico анемичный anemisk ที่ขาดเลือดแดง kansız thiếu máu 贫血的


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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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