Associations to the word «Sickly»

Wiktionary

SICKLY, adjective. Frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill.
SICKLY, adjective. Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; pale.
SICKLY, adjective. Weak; faint; suggesting unhappiness.
SICKLY, adjective. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease.
SICKLY, adjective. Tending to produce disease.
SICKLY, adjective. Tending to produce nausea; sickening.
SICKLY, adjective. Overly sweet.
SICKLY, verb. (transitive) To make sickly.
SICKLY, adverb. In a sick manner.
SICKLY SWEET, adjective. Too sweet; sickeningly sweet.

Dictionary definition

SICKLY, adjective. Unhealthy looking.
SICKLY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King