peaky

peaky

adj \ˈpē-kē\

Definition of PEAKY

: ²peaked

Examples of PEAKY

1. He's looking a bit peaky.
2. <her mother announced that she still looked peaky, and felt her forehead for a fever>

First Known Use of PEAKY

1821

Related to PEAKY

Synonyms: ailing, bad, down, ill, indisposed, peaked, sick, poorly, punk, run-down, sickened, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

Antonyms: hale, healthful, healthy, sound, well, whole, wholesome

Related Words: symptomatic; cruddy, lousy, seedy, sickish; nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), squeamish; airsick, carsick, seasick; dizzy, light-headed, shaky, woozy; achy, feverish; diseased, disordered; decrepit, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, weak, weakly; afflicted, troubled; challenged, debilitated, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame; hypochondriac, hypochondriacal

Near Antonyms: able-bodied, conditioned, fit, well-conditioned; cured; better, convalescing, improved, mending, recovering, recuperating, rehabilitated; hardy, hearty, lusty, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, tough; blooming, bouncing, chipper, flourishing, flush, thriving

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