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sickish

[ sik-ish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat sick or ill.
  2. somewhat sickening or nauseating.


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Other Words From

  • sickish·ly adverb
  • sickish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sickish1

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

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Example Sentences

It was sickish tasting stuff, and so warm it would do very well for dish-water.

In fact, when he said that, I felt a kind of a sickish feeling inside of me, like maybe I had done something wrong.

But the minute they turned 'round he smiled in a sickish way, and pretended to go to whistlin'.

With the rush of air which followed the prowler's wake came a peculiar sickish odor.

If it does, the butter thus deprived of salt will turn white, have a sickish flavor, and soon turn rancid.

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