anemic
Pale and weak
Anemic describes a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin, causing fatigue, pallor, and weakness.
The figurative sense dominates casual usage: an anemic response, anemic profits, an anemic recovery—anything lacking vigor, force, or vitality.
The team's anemic offense managed only three points.
Also spelled anaemic in British English.
Lacking color intensity
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- sallowUnhealthily yellowish complexion
colorless · washed-out · chalky · blanched · bloodless · ghostly · waxy · waxen
Lacking brilliance or vitality
- weakLacking power or force
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
bloodless · insipid · vapid · lifeless · uninspired · spiritless · tepid · flat
Lacking power or force
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- frailWeak and breakable
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
languid · powerless · infirm · sapped · shaky · unsteady · wobbly · faint
Lacking energy, needing rest
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
sluggish · drained · fatigued · sleepy · enervated · languorous · torpid · run-down
Iron-storing blood protein
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- erythrocytesOxygen-carrying blood cells
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
thalassemia · aplastic · malabsorption · folate · hematology · diagnosis
pale
Lacking color intensity
sallow · colorless · washed-out · chalky · blanched · bloodless · ghostly · waxy · waxen · pasty
lackluster
Lacking brilliance or vitality
pallid · bloodless · insipid · vapid · lifeless · uninspired · spiritless · tepid · flat · dull
weak
Lacking power or force
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- frailWeak and breakable
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
enervated · languid · powerless · infirm · sapped · shaky · unsteady · wobbly · faint · delicate
tired
Lacking energy, needing rest
drowsy · sluggish · drained · fatigued · sleepy · enervated · languorous · torpid · run-down · breathless
ferritin
Iron-storing blood protein
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- erythrocytesOxygen-carrying blood cells
pernicious · thalassemia · aplastic · malabsorption · folate · hematology · diagnosis
- sickle cell anemiaHereditary hemoglobin mutation disease
- sickle-cell anemiaInherited disorder causing misshapen erythrocytes
- megaloblastic anemiaDefective red cell maturation
- sideroblastic anemiaDefective hemoglobin synthesis disorder
- iron deficiency anemiaBlood disorder from metal lack
- anemia testChecks for blood deficiency