Antonyms for peaky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pee-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi ki


Definition of peaky

  • As in peaked : adj pale, sick
  • As in sickly : adj not healthy
  • As in starving : adj deprived
  • As in cadaverous : adj pale, corpselike
  • As in gaunt : adj skinny
Example sentences :
  • He's a peaky little chap; it comes of being a poet, I think.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Treasure Seekers » by E. Nesbit
  • It is like liberty itself, after the peaky confinement of Sicily.
  • Extract from : « Sea and Sardinia » by D. H. Lawrence
  • She might be described as pretty, but "peaky" and "spindling."
  • Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • Why or wherefore I don't know, but these last days she has been as peaky as can be.
  • Extract from : « A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) » by Frances Eleanor Trollope
  • Them peaky little clams a'most puts out all my shoulder-blades, and wunna bite through a twine of gristle.
  • Extract from : « Mary Anerley » by R. D. Blackmore
  • "Your brother is gettin' to be the peaky one, nowadays," went on Mrs. Gates, with her placid frankness.
  • Extract from : « The Hallowell Partnership » by Katharine Holland Brown
  • There are peaky, dark mountains beyond this—just as across the vast bay are gloomy hills.
  • Extract from : « Sea and Sardinia » by D. H. Lawrence
  • I thought there was something wrong about you when you came in; you had a peaky, under-fed look.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • His features were peaky and sallow, and his little pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • His peaky little beard, and the way he carried himself, as well as the quickness of his movements, told one that.
  • Extract from : « Under the Chinese Dragon » by F. S. Brereton

Synonyms for peaky

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