Definition of sickly Sickly

/sɪˈkli/ - [siklee] - sick•ly

We found 14 definitions of sickly from 4 different sources.

What does sickly mean?

Adjective
sickly - unhealthy looking
		sallow
		unhealthy not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"
sickly - 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 can't come to work"
		ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
		ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

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sickly (Verb)
To make sickly.
sickly (Adverb)
In a sick manner.
sickly (Adjective)
Frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill.
sickly (Adjective)
Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; pale.
sickly (Adjective)
Weak; faint; suggesting unhappiness.

sickly (superl.)
Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
sickly (superl.)
Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
sickly (superl.)
Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
sickly (superl.)
Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
sickly (adv.)
In a sick manner or condition; ill.
sickly (v. t.)
To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.