sickish
adjective
sick·ish ˈsi-kish 
1
archaic : somewhat ill : sickly
2
: somewhat nauseated : queasy
3
: somewhat sickening
a sickish odor
sickishly adverb
sickishness noun
Synonyms
- ill
- nauseated
- nauseous
- qualmish
- queasy
- queazy
- queer
- queerish
- sick
- squeamish
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Example Sentences
the fumes from the freshly applied paint made her feel sickish
Word History
First Known Use
1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1
sickishness
noun
as in malaise
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- malaise
- illness
- disease
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- sickness
- upset
- dysfunction
- disorder
- weakliness
- ailment
- malady
- sickliness
- indisposition
- invalidism
- trouble
- disfunction
- invalidity
- feebleness
- decrepitude
- lameness
- condition
- weakness
- debility
- affliction
- infirmity
- hypochondria
- frailness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- health
- wellness
- rehabilitation
- recovery
- healing
- soundness
- healthiness
- wholesomeness
- wholeness
- convalescence
- rehab
- recuperation
- mending
- fitness
- shape
- strength
- comeback
- rally
- toughness
- vitality
- vigor
- lustiness
- robustness
- snapback
- hardiness
- ruggedness
- stamina
- fettle
- welfare
- heartiness
- flushness
- bloom
- flush
- weal
- vigorousness
- well-being
- free tenement
- free thought
- free throw
- free throw lane
- free time
- free trade
- free trader
- free union
- free university
- free variable
- free variation
- free verse
- free verses
- free vibration
- free water
- free weights
- free wills
- free with
- free world
- free zone
- free-and-easiness
- free-associate
- free-associative
- free-banking system
- free-blown