Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Somewhat sick.
- adjective Somewhat nauseated.
- adjective Somewhat revolting or nauseating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a disordered condition or state of health; out of proper condition; sickly.
- Somewhat sick or nauseated; slightly qualmish; disgusted: as, a sickish feeling.
- Making slightly sick; sickening; nauseating: as, a sickish taste or smell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat sick or diseased.
- adjective Somewhat sickening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Somewhat
sick , but not seriously so.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Etymologies
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Examples
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They had a parting that Lemuel's mother would have called sickish without question; but it all seemed heavenly sweet and right.
The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878
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Len, who's about the size of a freight car, smiles kind of sickish at this, and says he hopes there's no hard feelings among old friends and lodge brothers; and Egbert says, Oh, no! It would just be in the nature of a friendly contest, which he feels very much like having one, since he can be pushed just so far; but Cora says gambling has brutalized him.
Somewhere in Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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As Roy Dillon stumbled out of the shop his face was sickish green, and each breath he drew was an incredible agony.
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I have a sickish sense of humor but I think this is time to plan my happy cake.
Et Tu, O-Town? 2010
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And now she was lying in bed with a sickish stomach.
New Girl in Town Julia DeVillers 2010
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And now she was lying in bed with a sickish stomach.
New Girl in Town Julia DeVillers 2010
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Adams recoiled from the “oily, sickish, slightly fetid odor” he smelled everywhere, and throughout his trip would complain that Japanese women were like cheap dolls—wooden, jerky, mechanical.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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I'm still feeling sickish but it's moved up to my ears.
Archive 2008-02-01 jek-a-go-go 2008
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Adams recoiled from the “oily, sickish, slightly fetid odor” he smelled everywhere, and throughout his trip would complain that Japanese women were like cheap dolls—wooden, jerky, mechanical.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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A sickish-sweet odor drifted down and across Kharl, a scent compounded of something burning, perhaps incense, with something stronger.
Wellspring of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 2004
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