What is another word for sickly?
589 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɪkli], [ sˈɪkli], [ s_ˈɪ_k_l_i]
Sickly is an adjective often used to describe someone who looks or feels unhealthy, weak, or feeble. However, there are many synonyms that can be used instead of sickly. For instance, one could use the words frail, delicate, or fragile to describe a person who looks very weak and feeble. Alternatively, one could use terms such as unwell, ailing, or poorly to indicate someone who is feeling sick or unwell. Other synonyms for sickly include wan, pallid, and ashen, which describe a pale and unhealthy appearance. Ultimately, the most appropriate synonym for sickly will depend on the context of its usage.
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Similar words for sickly:
- cadaverous (adjective)
- colorless (adjective)
- diseased (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- noisome (adjective)
- queasy (adjective)
- revolting (adjective)
- seedy (adjective)
- unhealthy (adjective)
- unsuccessful (adjective)
- unwell (adjective)
- ailing (adjective)
- anemic (adjective)
- bloodless (adjective)
- frail (adjective)
- indisposed (adjective)
- languid (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- not healthy (adjective)
- noxious (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- pallid (adjective)
- peaked (adjective)
- poorly (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- squeamish (adjective)
- wan (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- feebly (adverb)
- pathologically (adverb)
- sickly (adverb)
- under the weather (adverb)
Synonyms for Sickly:
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adj.
• cadaverous • colorless- doughier ,
- doughy ,
- washed out ,
- drab .
- Inflicted ,
- affected ,
- cursed ,
- decrepit ,
- disabled ,
- diseased ,
- handicapped ,
- ill ,
- infected ,
- infirm ,
- nauseous ,
- pestilent .
- Strengthless ,
- debilitated ,
- doddering ,
- faint ,
- flimsy ,
- fragile ,
- out of gas ,
- powerless ,
- rickety ,
- run down ,
- run-down ,
- sapless ,
- soft ,
- wimpy ,
- fainter ,
- helpless ,
- inefficient ,
- insufficient .
- dog-eared ,
- down at the heel ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- gone to seed ,
- in a bad way ,
- used up ,
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- in bad way ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more down at the heel ,
- more down-at-the-heel ,
- more sagging ,
- more wilted ,
- more wilting ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most down at the heel ,
- most down-at-the-heel ,
- most sagging ,
- most wilted ,
- most wilting ,
- over grown ,
- over-grown ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un tidier ,
- un tidiest ,
- un tidy ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest ,
- un-tidier ,
- un-tidiest ,
- un-tidy .
- abortive ,
- botched ,
- bungled ,
- counterproductive ,
- disastrous ,
- failed ,
- fruitless ,
- in vain ,
- unproductive .
- more fracturable ,
- more shatterable ,
- more shattery ,
- most fracturable ,
- most shatterable ,
- most shattery ,
- un substantial ,
- un-substantial ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wishywashy .
- blahser ,
- blahsest ,
- in different ,
- in-active ,
- in-different ,
- laidback ,
- more energyless ,
- more nebbish ,
- more pining ,
- more sleepyhead ,
- most energyless ,
- most nebbish ,
- most pining ,
- most sleepyhead ,
- snoozier ,
- snooziest ,
- un concerned ,
- un enthusiastic ,
- un hurried ,
- un interested ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-enthusiastic ,
- un-hurried ,
- un-interested ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- uninterested .
- Racked ,
- de solate ,
- de stroyed ,
- de-solate ,
- de-stroyed ,
- dis contented ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-contented ,
- dis-tressed ,
- down mouth ,
- down the mouth ,
- more agonized ,
- more anguished ,
- more hurting ,
- more racked ,
- more suffering ,
- more tormented ,
- more tortured ,
- most agonized ,
- most anguished ,
- most discontented ,
- most hurting ,
- most racked ,
- most suffering ,
- most tormented ,
- most tortured ,
- on downer ,
- pained ,
- ruthful .
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- more waxlike ,
- more whitish ,
- most waxlike ,
- most whitish ,
- washedout ,
- waxlike .
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adv.
• feebly • pathologically • sickly • under the weather Other synonyms:
- low .
- attenuated ,
- etiolated ,
- rocky ,
- vulnerable .
Other relevant words:
- lost .
- Chlorotic ,
- Evanid ,
- Exsanguineous ,
- Faintish ,
- Healthless ,
- Impuissant ,
- Languishing ,
- Morbose ,
- Paly ,
- Patly ,
- Peaking ,
- Peakish ,
- Phthisic ,
- Pimping ,
- Sickliness ,
- Tallow-faced ,
- Valetudinary ,
- Waterish ,
- Whey-faced ,
- accessible ,
- achromatic ,
- achromic ,
- afflicted ,
- against the grain ,
- anaemic ,
- anemic ,
- antipathetic ,
- ashy ,
- badly ,
- below par ,
- bilious ,
- blanched ,
- bled white ,
- but for ,
- cachectic ,
- chloranemic ,
- cloying ,
- colorless ,
- colourless ,
- consumptive ,
- coward ,
- cranky ,
- crazily ,
- crazy ,
- creaky ,
- crippled ,
- crybaby ,
- dead ,
- deathly ,
- debility ,
- decayed ,
- declining ,
- dicky ,
- dim ,
- dimmed ,
- dingy ,
- discolored ,
- disease ,
- disgustedly ,
- dizzy ,
- doormat ,
- dottily ,
- down ,
- drained ,
- drawn ,
- drooping ,
- dull ,
- dwarf ,
- effete ,
- enervate ,
- enervated ,
- exhausted ,
- exsanguine ,
- faded ,
- fading away ,
- failing ,
- fallow ,
- fatigued ,
- faze ,
- feckless ,
- feebleness ,
- flagging ,
- flat ,
- foolishly ,
- ghastly ,
- ghostly ,
- gray ,
- greenly ,
- grey ,
- halting ,
- hollow-eyed ,
- hueless ,
- hung-over ,
- hypochromic ,
- iii ,
- impotent ,
- in bad health ,
- in bad shape ,
- in delicate condition ,
- in delicate health ,
- in poor condition ,
- in poor health ,
- inauspiciously ,
- infirmity ,
- injured ,
- insalubrious ,
- insanitary ,
- insipid ,
- invalid ,
- invalided ,
- invalidism ,
- invalidity ,
- invalidly ,
- lackluster ,
- laid low ,
- laid up ,
- lame ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- leaden ,
- lightly ,
- little ,
- livid ,
- lurid ,
- lusterless ,
- lymphatic ,
- madly ,
- malaise ,
- mat ,
- maudlin ,
- mawkish ,
- mealy ,
- mean ,
- menstruating ,
- midget ,
- milksop ,
- milquetoast ,
- morbid ,
- morbidly ,
- moribund ,
- morose ,
- muddy ,
- mushy ,
- nauseously ,
- neutral ,
- noisome ,
- not oneself ,
- noxious ,
- offish ,
- ominously ,
- out of commission ,
- painfully ,
- pale-faced ,
- paleness ,
- pallidly ,
- par ,
- pasty ,
- pasty-faced ,
- pathologic ,
- pathological ,
- patiently ,
- peaked ,
- peaky ,
- person ,
- pinched ,
- pliant ,
- poor ,
- poorly ,
- puny ,
- pygmy ,
- queasily ,
- queasy ,
- reduced ,
- reduced in health ,
- ropy ,
- rotten ,
- rough ,
- sap ,
- scrawny ,
- scrofulous ,
- scruffy ,
- seasick ,
- seedily ,
- seedy ,
- sensitive ,
- shaky ,
- short-winded ,
- sickening ,
- sickish ,
- skinny ,
- slack ,
- slight ,
- small ,
- softie ,
- softy ,
- sorely ,
- soul ,
- spent ,
- spiritless ,
- squalid ,
- squeamish ,
- squeamishly ,
- stunted ,
- tender ,
- thin ,
- tired ,
- toneless ,
- tubercular ,
- unbraced ,
- uncolored ,
- under the weather ,
- underdeveloped ,
- underfed ,
- undernourished ,
- undersized ,
- unhealed ,
- unhealthful ,
- unhealthily ,
- unnerve ,
- unsanitary ,
- unsettle ,
- unsound ,
- unstable ,
- unsuccessful ,
- unwell ,
- unwholesome ,
- vacillating ,
- valetudinarian ,
- vile ,
- wanly ,
- washed-out ,
- washy ,
- wasted ,
- wasting away ,
- watery ,
- wavering ,
- waxen ,
- weaken ,
- weakened ,
- weakling ,
- wearied ,
- wearily ,
- weary ,
- weather ,
- weather-beaten ,
- weed ,
- white ,
- wimp ,
- wonky ,
- woozy ,
- worn ,
- wounded .
- Shattery ,
- ailing ,
- anguished ,
- blahs ,
- bloodless ,
- down in mouth ,
- down with ,
- energyless ,
- feeble ,
- feeling awful ,
- feeling rotten ,
- forceless ,
- fracturable ,
- frail ,
- got a bug ,
- in firm ,
- in pain ,
- indisposed ,
- laid back ,
- on a downer ,
- on sick list ,
- out of action ,
- pale ,
- pallid ,
- shatterable ,
- sick ,
- sick as a dog ,
- sleepyhead ,
- snoozy ,
- unhealthy ,
- wan ,
- weak ,
- whitish .
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How to use "Sickly" in context?
The word "sickly" is typically used to describe someone or something that is unwell or prone to getting sick. In some cases, the word can be used as a noun to describe an illness or disease, while in others it can be used as a verb to describe being ill or affected by something.
There is no precise definition of what makes someone or something "sickly," and this can often depend on the individual or community in question. However, some general factors that could contribute to someone or something being sickly include being thin and frail, having a weak immune system, and/or having a high susceptibility to infection.
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Homophones for Sickly:
- saccule, silly, scaly, Sea Squill, sial, saul, sally, seoul, sully, saucily, sallow, sole, slay, sea holly, sickle, sea eagle, sequela, seal oil, seckel, seashell, Swale, segal, shoal, saale, sialia, scheele, shallu, sula, shillalah, skull, skysail, sloe, slew, secale, Sea Cole, seawall, scowl, shell, squeal, shawwal, Sei Whale, shill, shoaly, szell, shockley, scheol, swahili, shackle, scilla, soul, salah, swell, school, sizzle, salol, sisal, solea, seagull, sex cell, squiggle, sagaciously, salal, slow, shallow, sail, scaley, SL, scylla, sell, solo, squally, sagely, silo, seal, sulla, sicily, slaw, sewellel, salai, sale, sea lily, sol, salaah, scale, sequel, soil, squiggly, shale, solely, shale oil, shekel, seel, skilly, shigella, saxicola, sly, sequella, sicilia, scull, sea gull, sick call, suckle, shelley, swill, squall, swallow hole, social, sego lily, slyly, slowly, showily, swallow, swizzle, skill, sea coal, squill, sill, sea kale, sage willow, socle, slue, sea swallow, squilla, sessile, shiloh, shyly, seseli, sky glow, sle, sexual, shawl.
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