Sickly

Definition:

  • (superl.) Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
  • (superl.) Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
  • (superl.) Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
  • (superl.) Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
  • (adv.) In a sick manner or condition; ill.
  • (v. t.) To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.

Compare sickly with other words:

sickle vs. sickly

sickly vs. smickly

fickly vs. sickly

feeble vs. sickly

sickly vs. valetudinous

sickly vs. valetudinary

sickening vs. sickly

sickly vs. sweet

ailing vs. sickly

pimping vs. sickly

sickly vs. valetudinarian

mawkish vs. sickly

sickly vs. weakly

sick vs. sickly

sickly vs. wan

qualm vs. sickly