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- [sik-lee]
- /ˈsɪk li/
- /ˈsɪk.li/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sik-lee]
- /ˈsɪk li/
Definitions of sickly word
- adjective sickly not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 1
- adjective sickly of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 1
- adjective sickly marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region: the epidemic left the town sickly. 1
- adjective sickly causing sickness. 1
- adjective sickly nauseating. 1
- adjective sickly maudlin and insipid; mawkish: sickly sentimentality. 1
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Origin of sickly
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English siklich, sekly (adj.). See sick1, -ly
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Parts of speech for Sickly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sickly popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sickly
adj sickly
- achromic — colourless
- ailing — An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
- anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- bilious — If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting.
adjective sickly
- anaemic — Someone who is anaemic suffers from anaemia.
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- crummy — Something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
Antonyms for sickly
adj sickly
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- healthy — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- in fine feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
Top questions with sickly
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