'Sickliest' definitions:

Definition of 'Sickliest'

From: GCIDE
  • Sickly \Sick"ly\, a. [Compar. Sicklier; superl. Sickliest.]
  • 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster]
  • This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. [1913 Webster]
  • The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint. [1913 Webster]