sickly (adj.)

  1. unhealthy looking

    [ Syn: sallow ]

  2. 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 cant come to work

    [ Syn: ailing , indisposed , peaked , poorly , unwell , under the weather , seedy ]

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