sickly betydelse and definition

Betydelse av sickly på svenska

• 0 weak, unhealthy, and often sick:

  • a sickly child/plant

  • A sickly looking woman handed me my ticket.

• 1 causing a slight feeling of wanting to vomit:

  • A sickly smell of decaying fish came from the dirty river.

  • The chocolate cake was sickly sweet (= too sweet).

• 2 emotional, in an unpleasant or embarrassing way:

  • His books are sometimes accused of sickly sentimentality.

• 3 weak and unhealthy:

  • He was a sickly child.