Sickliness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sickliness is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Meaning
The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Example Sentences
I do beseech your majesty, impute his words To wayward sickliness and age in him.
Gradually it gave place to a smile; a feeble, helpless, melancholy smile; bland, almost to sickliness.
My devotions were disturbed with a feeling of languor and sickliness, and the tormenting fear of its becoming worse: and a depressing headache was generally my companion throughout the day.
Word Forms
- sicklinesses
Synonyms for sickliness
Depending on context, synonyms include unwellness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sickishness, mislike, sickness, unwellness, diseasedness, debility.
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