sickly

Meanings

• adjective

  Unwell or looking ill; afflicted with disease or poor health.

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Synonyms

cloying , saccharine , faint , feeble , insipid , weak , faint , pale , wan , insalubrious , unhealthy , unwholesome , nauseating , sickening , unhealthy

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sickly
hickly , sticky , picky

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Variants

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sicklier , sickliest , sickliness , sicklinesses , sickly , sicklied , sicklies , sicklying

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Etymology

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From Old English sicelig, from sicel, sick.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'sickly sweet' is often used in food criticism to describe desserts or confections that are overly sweet and cloying.

2. In medical terminology, 'sickly' is sometimes used to describe a patient who is in a critical condition and at risk of dying.

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Related Concepts

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1. ill: Synonym of sickly, meaning unwell or afflicted with disease.

2. malady: A disease or illness, often used in a figurative sense to describe a mental or emotional condition.

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Culture

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The word 'sickly' has been used in literature and poetry to describe characters or scenes that are unpleasant, depressing, or unhealthy. For instance, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven,' the narrator's melancholic state is described as 'sickly-sweet'. In art, the term 'sickly sweet' is used to describe overly saccharine or cloying imagery.

How to Memorize "sickly"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person who looks pale, weak, and unwell to remember the meaning of sickly.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word sickly with the feeling of being unwell or the sight of a sick person.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'sickly' as 'Sick People Look Yucky'.

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