ANEMIC Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

anemic

adjective

Definition of anemic

as in bloodless

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Recent Examples of anemic City looked anemic in their Community Shield warmup last weekend, going down in defeat 3-0 against Arsenal in a blowout that exposed a few weaknesses in Maresca’s midfield. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The political response to Columbia’s campus closure has ranged from supportive (in Adams’s case) to tacit tolerance or anemic complaint. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026 So even though General Mills has eased up on the price hikes that had been driving sales, volume growth is still anemic. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Five big School Board races Despite Broward’s anemic turnout, the stakes are high for the county School Board on Tuesday. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anemic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anemic

Adjective

My face felt pale and bloodless, my stomach sending heat up through my chest.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Every angle can be measured, every proportion assigned a value and every face translated into a bloodless score, typically out of 10.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of bloodless

Adjective

Between a school of banggai cardinalfish, a single juvenile emperor angelfish cut through, its deep blue scales segmented by white, vein-looking striations.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
In the end, the winners were predominantly white and the speeches were inarguably neutral.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of white

Adjective

Nick Interlandi’s soundscapes swell with the rat-a-tat of machine guns, or zero in on the precise, satisfying crunch of glass cracking under bone, while Oren Soffer’s cinematography runs the gamut from sickly clinical to startlingly sensual.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Seeing her daughter in that state, babbling nonsense and barely able to stand, Letizia had goggled with the watery eyes of a sickly old lady.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026