Synonyms for sickly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sik-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk li

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Définition of sickly

Origin : late 14c., "ill, invalid, habitually ailing," from sick (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "causing sickness" in any sense is from c.1600. Related: Sickliness.

adj not healthy
adj revolting

Example sentences :

The boy was sickly: he might be taken from him ere he had made any true acquaintance with him!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

My second child was a girl; but a poor diminutive, sickly thing.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

"He's alive then," exclaimed Anthony, pale in the sickly light.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

It was now autumn, and the most sickly season I had ever known in Peewawkin.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

The face of the latter was a sickly green, the gift of his fright.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

What could she do, a woman, with only a sickly boy to help her?
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

This sally was greeted with sickly smiles by the members who wanted the floor.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various

They regard it at best as a fantastic weakness, fit only for sickly people.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Christians around us living a sickly, feeble, fruitless life!
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

The apostrophe to the heroism of the soldiers is sickly and pale.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

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