sickly sentimentality
1Sickly — Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending to,… …
2sickly — sickliness, n. /sik lee/, adj., sicklier, sickliest, adv., v., sicklied, sicklying. adj. 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a… …
3sickly — sick•ly [[t]ˈsɪk li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est, 1) pat not strong; unhealthy; ailing 2) pat arising from ill health: a sickly complexion[/ex] 3) marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region 4) pat causing sickness 5) pat nauseating 6)… …
4sickly — /ˈsɪkli / (say siklee) adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region. 4. causing sickness. 5. (of… …
5Sicklier — Sickly Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending… …
6Sickliest — Sickly Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending… …
7sick|ly — «SIHK lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb, verb, lied, ly|ing. –adj. 1. often sick; not strong and healthy. SYNONYM(S): ailing, indispo …
8schmaltz — n sickly sentimentality. The word is Yid dish, from the German for cooking fat or dripping. The word was used in the New York Jewish community to describe what Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish (1970) defines as corn, pathos, maud lin and mawkish …
9mawkish — /ˈmɔkɪʃ / (say mawkish) adjective 1. sickly or slightly nauseating. 2. characterised by sickly sentimentality. {mawk maggot (from Old Norse maðkr) + ish1} –mawkishly, adverb –mawkishness, noun …
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