sickly

sickly

adjective

Definition of SICKLY

1

chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health <a sickly foal that seemed to catch everything that the other horses had>

Synonyms ailing, invalid, weakly

Related Words bedfast, bedridden; delicate, fragile, frail; dying, fading, incurable, moribund; challenged, debilitated, incapacitated, lame; decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, weak, weakened, worn-out; ill, indisposed, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

Near Antonyms able-bodied, fit, hale, hearty, sound, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome

Antonyms healthy, well

2

bad for the well-being of the body <lungs scarred by years of exposure to the sickly air of the coal mines>

Synonyms insalubrious, noisome, noxious, sickly, unhealthful, unwholesome

Related Words germy, insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary; nonnutritious; poisonous, toxic; fatal, lethal, mortal

Near Antonyms hygienic, sanitary; nutritious

Antonyms healthful, healthy