sickish

American  

[sik-ish] / ˈsɪk ɪʃ /

adjective

1. somewhat sick or ill.

2. somewhat sickening or nauseating.

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Other Word Forms

• sickishly adverb
• sickishness noun

Etymology

Origin of sickish

First recorded in 1575–85; sick ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

His food company grew from the necessity to feed himself in a way that doesn’t make him sluggish or sickish in the water but clear and optimal.

From Washington Post

I enter a small room with a heavy desk, a yellow light shining sickishly on the dark green walls.

From Literature

I do not care for the Petunia close at hand on account of its sickish odor.

From Project Gutenberg

I did not turn to my habitation across the square, to sniff the lifeless atmosphere and the sickish paint of the opera house; I bent my way to the river where the moon was free.

From Project Gutenberg

The tree throughout exhales a sickish, disagreeable odor.

From Project Gutenberg

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