sickly

Definition of sickly in English English dictionary: Frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill
a sickly child.; Weak; faint; suggesting unhappiness
a sickly smile.; Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; pale
a sickly plant.; {a} in a sickly condition; {v} to disorder; {a} somewhat disordered, unhealthy, faint; Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; pale; as a sickly plant; A sickly smell or taste is unpleasant and makes you feel slightly sick, often because it is extremely sweet. the sickly smell of rum; A sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak. Wallpapers for children too often come only in sickly pastel shades; Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate; unhealthy looking; {s} unhealthy, tending to suffer from ill-health; feeble, weak; nauseating, causing sickness; languid, pale; To make sick or sickly; with over, and probably only in the past participle; weak; faint; suggesting unhappiness; as, a sickly smile; somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"; Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality; Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale; A sickly person or animal is weak, unhealthy, and often ill. He had been a sickly child; Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body; frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill; as, a sickly child; In a sick manner or condition; ill; maladious
sickly-sweet: Alternative spelling of sickly sweet
sick: vomit
He lay there in a pool of his own sick.
sick: In poor condition
(sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick).
sick: Those people as a group who are sick
We have to cure the sick.
sick: Mentally unstable, disturbed
sick: Alternative spelling of sic
Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.
sick: To fall sick; to sicken
sick: {i} people who are ill, sick people collectively
sick: See the Synonym under Illness
sick: Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache
sick: Sickness
sick: people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick
sick: Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; with of; as, to be sick of flattery
sick: Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health
sick: Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned
sick: {a} afflicted with a disease, ill, low, disgusted
sick: {v} to grow, fall or make sick, to sicken
Sick: seke
Sick: seek
sick: In poor health
sick: In bad taste
sick: If you say that something or someone makes you sick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished
sick: emphasis If you say that you are worried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. He was worried sick about what our mothers would say. Variant of sic
sick: disapproval If you describe something such as a joke or story as sick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way. a sick joke about a cat
sick: If you are sick, the food that you have eaten comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. If you feel sick, you feel as if you are going to be sick. She got up and was sick in the handbasin The very thought of food made him feel sick
sick: {s} ill, suffering from a disease or illness; nauseous, feeling the need to vomit; disgusted, fed up; pertaining to a sickness, pertaining to a disease; yearning, longing; infected with bacteria or microorganisms (Agriculture)
sick: Sick is vomit
sick: Very good, excellent, awesome
sick: If you are off sick, you are not at work because you are ill. When we are off sick, we only receive half pay
sick: emphasis If you say that you are sick of something or sick and tired of it, you are emphasizing that you are very annoyed by it and want it to stop. I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning = fed up
sick: If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. He's very sick. He needs medication She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money The sick are people who are sick. There were no doctors to treat the sick
sick: Having an urge to vomit
sick: rare, alternative spelling of sic