sickly+sentimental
1sickly — *unwholesome, morbid, diseased, pathological Analogous words: ailing (see corresponding noun at DISEASE): *weak, feeble, frail, infirm: mawkish, mushy, maudlin (see SENTIMENTAL) Antonyms: robust Contrasted words: *healthy, sound, wholesome, hale …
2sickly — ► ADJECTIVE (sicklier, sickliest) 1) often ill; in poor health. 2) causing, characterized by, or indicative of poor health. 3) (of flavour, colour, etc.) so garish or sweet as to induce nausea. 4) excessively sentimental or mawkish. DERIVATIVES …
3sickly — adjective 1) a sickly child Syn: unhealthy, in poor health, delicate, frail, weak Ant: healthy 2) sickly faces Syn: pale, wan, pasty …
4sickly — adj. (sicklier, sickliest) 1 a of weak health; apt to be ill. b (of a person s complexion, look, etc.) languid, faint, or pale, suggesting sickness (a sickly smile). c (of light or colour) faint, pale, feeble. 2 causing ill health (a sickly… …
5sentimental — adjective 1) she kept the vase for sentimental reasons Syn: nostalgic, tender, emotional, affectionate Ant: practical, dispassionate 2) the film is too sentimental Syn: mawkish, overemotional …
6sentimental — adjective 1) she kept the vase for sentimental reasons Syn: nostalgic, emotional 2) the film is too sentimental Syn: mawkish, overemotional, cloying, sickly, romantic; Brit. twee; informal slushy, schmaltzy, corny; …
7sickly — adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1》 often ill; in poor health. ↘causing, characterized by, or indicative of poor health. 2》 inducing discomfort or nausea: a sickly green. ↘excessively sentimental or mawkish. Derivatives sickliness noun …
8sickly — adj 1. sick, ailing, unwell. See sick(def. 1). 2. unhealthy, chronically ill, Pathol. cachectic, frail, delicate; feeble, puny, weak, drooping, anemic, rundown, washed out; diseased, morbid; pale, wan, pallid, peaked, ashen, haggard, emaciated,… …
9mawkish — 1660s, sickly, nauseated, from M.E. mawke maggot (see MAGGOT (Cf. maggot)). Sense of sickly sentimental is first recorded 1702. Related: Mawkishly; mawkishness …
10mawk´ish|ness — mawk|ish «M kihsh», adjective. 1. sickly sentimental; weakly emotional: »The portrait of Lady Mendl is sharp without being unkind and sentimental without being mawkish (Harper s). 2. sickening; nauseating: »If I would drink water, I must quaff… …
