sickly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SICKLY

chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health <a sickly foal that seemed to catch everything that the other horses had>

Synonyms ailing, invalid, weakly

Near Antonyms able-bodied, fit, hale, hearty, sound, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome

Antonyms healthy, well

bad for the well-being of the body <lungs scarred by years of exposure to the sickly air of the coal mines>

Synonyms insalubrious, noisome, noxious, sickly, unhealthful, unwholesome

Related Words germy, insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary; nonnutritious; poisonous, toxic; fatal, lethal, mortal

Near Antonyms hygienic, sanitary; nutritious

Antonyms healthful, healthy

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