of a sickly hue

  • 1sickly — sickliness, n. /sik lee/, adj., sicklier, sickliest, adv., v., sicklied, sicklying. adj. 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a… …

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  • 2sickly — sick•ly [[t]ˈsɪk li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est, 1) pat not strong; unhealthy; ailing 2) pat arising from ill health: a sickly complexion[/ex] 3) marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region 4) pat causing sickness 5) pat nauseating 6)… …

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  • 3sickly — /ˈsɪkli / (say siklee) adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region. 4. causing sickness. 5. (of… …

  • 4sick|ly — «SIHK lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb, verb, lied, ly|ing. –adj. 1. often sick; not strong and healthy. SYNONYM(S): ailing, indispo …

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  • 5lightness — Synonyms and related words: Munsell chroma, achroma, achromasia, achromatosis, agility, airiness, airy texture, albescence, albinism, albino, albinoism, amiable weakness, anemia, ashiness, attenuation, big deal, blondness, bloodlessness, bounce,… …

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  • 6pallor — Synonyms and related words: Hippocratic face, achromatism, anemia, aridity, ashiness, barrenness, bloodlessness, cadaverousness, cast, characterlessness, chloranemia, chromatism, chromism, color, color balance, color harmony, color scheme,… …

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  • 7Wan — Wan, a. [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See {Win}.] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. Sad to view, his visage pale and wan. Spenser.… …

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  • 8anemia — Synonyms and related words: Christmas disease, Hand Schuller Christian disease, Letterer Siwe syndrome, Lombardy leprosy, abscess, acute leukemia, adynamia, ague, angiohemophilia, ankylosis, anoxia, aplastic anemia, apnea, ariboflavinosis,… …

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  • 9dimness — Synonyms and related words: adiaphanousness, anemia, ashiness, asininity, bad light, bleariness, blockishness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cadaverousness, chloranemia, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness,… …

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  • 10dullness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, absence of color, acedia, achromaticity, achromatism, adynamia, aloofness, analgesia, anemia, anesthesia, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aridity, aridness, ashiness, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, atony,… …

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