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Thesaurus: sickly

Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.

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  1. superl. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
  2. superl. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
  3. superl. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
  4. superl. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
  5. adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill.
  6. v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
  7. adj. unhealthy looking
  8. adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness
  9. j:100 s unhealthy looking s somewhat ill or prone to illness