adjective sicklier, sickliest
- in poor health; chronically sick or prone to sickness; not strong or robust
- of or produced by sickness: a sickly pallor
- characterized by the prevalence of disease or sickness; unhealthful
- sickening; nauseating: a sickly odor
- faint; feeble: a sickly light
- weak; mawkish: a sickly smile
Origin:
ME sekly
transitive verb sicklied, sicklying
to make sickly, as in color