sickly
sick‧ly /ˈsɪkli/
adjective
a sickly child
She looked pale and sickly.
2. especially British English a sickly smell, taste etc is unpleasant and makes you feel sick:
A sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair.
3. a sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak:
The walls were painted a sickly green.
a pale sickly moon
—sickly adverb:
a sickly sweet perfume
sick‧ly /ˈsɪkli/
adjective Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
1. a sickly person or animal is weak, unhealthy, and often ill: 2. especially British English a sickly smell, taste etc is unpleasant and makes you feel sick:
3. a sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak:
—sickly adverb: