Synonyms for peaked
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : peekt, pee-kid |
| Phonetic Transcription : pikt, ˈpi kɪd |
Définition of peaked
Origin :- "sickly-looking," 1835, from past participle of obsolete verb peak "look sickly or thin, shrink, waste away" (1540s), which is perhaps from peak in sense of "become pointed" through emaciation. Related: Peakedness.
- adj pale, sick
- The one in which I sat was long and narrow, as all the rest had been, with peaked gables.
- Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- By peaked we must understand "stole" or got admission by stealth.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
- Under it her peaked little face was the colour of old ivory.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- The stoop was gone from his shoulders, and the peering, peaked look from his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- She took the child away, and it peaked and pined from that day.
- Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
- Peaked caps are worn usually, and cocked hats with full dress.
- Extract from : « Chelsea » by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
- Nan had to admit that beside her uncle and cousins her father did look "peaked."
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
- A man in a pilot jacket and peaked cap was leaning over the parapet.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
- The summit was peaked and turreted, and broken into many fantastic forms.
- Extract from : « Peter the Whaler » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The tail was peaked like that of a rat, and about a foot and a half long.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
Antonyms for peaked
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