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sickly🔊

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.

Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. {{q|of a plant}}

Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.

Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (''of light'') not very bright.

📑 Synonyms: faint pale wan

Lacking intensity or vigour.

📑 Synonyms: faint feeble insipid weak

Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.

📑 Synonyms: unhealthy

Tending to produce nausea.

📑 Synonyms: nauseating sickening

Overly sweet.

📑 Synonyms: cloying saccharine

(obsolete) Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (''of a period of time'').

(obsolete) Tending to produce disease or poor health.

(literary) To make (something) sickly.

(rare) To become sickly.

In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.