peaky (redirected from peakiest)

peaky [ˈpiːkɪ]

adj -kier, -kiest

wan, emaciated, or sickly

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

peaky - having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" spiky high-pitched, high - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

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peaky

adjective off colour, poorly (informal), ill, sick, pale, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), pinched, wan, sickly, unwell, emaciated, under the weather (informal), in poor shape, like death warmed up (informal), green about the gills, peelie-wally (Scot.) Are you feeling all right? You look a little peaky.

Translations

peaky [ˈpiːkɪ] ADJ (peakier (compar) (peakiest (superl))) → paliducho
to look peaky → estar paliducho

peaky [ˈpiːki] adj (British) [person] → pas dans son assiette

peaky

adj (+er) (Brit inf) complexion → blass; face → verhärmt, abgehärmt; look, child → kränklich; to look peaky → nicht gut aussehen, angeschlagen aussehen (inf)

peaky [ˈpiːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) → sbattuto/a
I'm feeling a bit peaky → mi sento un po' giù