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anaemic

[ uh-nee-mik ]

adjective



anaemic

/ əˈniːmɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to or suffering from anaemia
  2. pale and sickly looking; lacking vitality


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Other Words From

  • nona·naemic adjective
  • pseudo·a·naemic adjective
  • una·naemic adjective

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Example Sentences

Thin, anaemic patients, contrary to what might be expected, usually recover and often their recovery is permanent.

Your colour is watery blue, anaemic, thin, so that the cadaverous yellow of the canvas shines through.

If I cannot credit him with complete success it is because the subsidiary tale of love which he gives us is really too anaemic.

The tribes of New Guinea, rendered anaemic by hunger, dream of eating unlimited sago throughout eternity.

The patients are pale, wasted and anaemic, and the abdomen may be enormously enlarged.

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