sickly (redirected from sicklier)

sick·ly  (skl)

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).

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sickli·ness n.

sickly, sickli·ly adv.

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sickly

Adjective

[-lier, -liest]

1. weak and unhealthy

2. (of a person) looking pale and unwell: sickly pallor

3. unpleasant to smell, taste, or look at

4. showing excessive emotion in a weak and rather pathetic way: a sickly tune

Adverb

suggesting sickness: sickly pale

sickliness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sickly - unhealthy looking sallow unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	2.	sickly - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, seedy ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

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sickly

adjective 1. unhealthy, weak, delicate, ailing, feeble, infirm, in poor health, indisposed

adjective 2. pale, wan, pasty, bloodless, pallid, sallow, ashen-faced, waxen, peaky

adjective 3. nauseating, revolting (informal) cloying, icky (informal)

adjective 4. sentimental, romantic, sloppy (informal) corny (slang) mushy (informal) weepy (informal) slushy (informal) mawkish, tear-jerking (informal) schmaltzy (slang) gushy (informal)

Translations

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] adj → enfermizo; [taste] → empalagoso

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] sick adj → maladif/ive, souffreteux/euse;

(causing nausea) → écœurant(e)

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] sick adj → kränklich;

(causing nausea) → widerlich, ekelhaft

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] adj → malaticcio/a (= causing nausea); nauseante