sickliness

sickliness
sickly ADJECTIVE (sicklier, sickliest) 1) often ill; in poor health. 2) causing, characterized by, or indicative of poor health. 3) (of flavour, colour, etc.) so garish or sweet as to induce nausea. 4) excessively sentimental or mawkish.
DERIVATIVES sickliness noun.

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  • Sickliness — Sick li*ness, n. The quality or state of being sickly. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sickliness — noun see sickly I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sickliness — See sickly. * * * …   Universalium

  • sickliness — noun The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature. I do beseech your majesty, impute his words Syn: unwellness …   Wiktionary

  • sickliness — sick·li·ness || sɪklɪnɪs n. unhealthiness, infirmity, tendency to suffer from ill health; feebleness, weakness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sickliness — n. Unhealthiness, insalubrity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • sickliness — sick·li·ness …   English syllables

  • sickliness — klēnə̇s, klin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being sickly …   Useful english dictionary

  • sickly — sickliness, n. /sik lee/, adj., sicklier, sickliest, adv., v., sicklied, sicklying. adj. 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a… …   Universalium

  • sickly — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. somewhat unwell; also habitually ailing 2. produced by or associated with sickness < a sickly complexion > < a sickly appetite > 3. producing or tending to produce disease ; unwholesome < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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