sickly (redirected from sicklies)

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 [ˈsɪklɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. (Medicine) disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak

2. (Medicine) of, relating to, or caused by sickness

3. (of a smell, taste, etc.) causing revulsion or nausea

4. (of light or colour) faint or feeble

5. mawkish; insipid sickly affectation

adv

in a sick or sickly manner

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 He had been a sickly child.

2. pale, washed out, wan, pasty, bloodless, pallid, sallow, ashen-faced, waxen, peaky his pale, sickly face and woebegone expression

3. nauseating, revolting (informal), cloying, icky (informal) the sickly smell of rum

4. sentimental, romantic, sloppy (informal), corny (slang), cheesy (informal), mushy (informal), weepy (informal), slushy (informal), mawkish, tear-jerking (informal), schmaltzy (slang), gushy (informal) a sickly sequel to the flimsy series

5. insipid, pale, washed out, colourless, faint, milky, light-coloured, whitish Wallpapers are too often designed in sickly pastel shades.

Translations

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] ADJ (sicklier (compar) (sickliest (superl)))

1. [person] (= unwell, feeble) → enfermizo, enclenque; (= pale) → pálido; [smile] → forzado; [plant] → débil

2. (= cloying) [taste, smell] → empalagoso
sickly sweet → dulzón

sickly [ˈsɪkli] adj

(= unhealthy) [person, animal] → maladif/ive

(= nauseating) [smell, taste] → écœurant(e)

[colour, light] → blafard(e)
sick-making [ˈsɪkmeɪkɪŋ] adj → à vomir

sickly

adj (+er) person, appearance → kränklich; complexion, light → blass; smell, taste, food, sentimentality, colour → widerlich, ekelhaft; smile → matt; grin → schwach; climate → ungesund; sickly sweet smell → unangenehm süßer Geruch; sickly sweet smile → übersüßes or zuckersüßes Lächeln

sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → malaticcio/a; (plant, animal) → malato/a; (smile) → stentato/a; (complexion) → giallastro/a; (taste, smell) → stomachevole; (cake) → stucchevole
sickly sweet → nauseante

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sickly [ˈsɪklɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → malaticcio/a; (plant, animal) → malato/a; (smile) → stentato/a; (complexion) → giallastro/a; (taste, smell) → stomachevole; (cake) → stucchevole
sickly sweet → nauseante