sickliest
Least healthy one
Sickliest is the superlative of sickly—the most prone to illness, the most unhealthy in appearance, or the most weak and pallid: the sickliest child in the ward, the sickliest plants in the garden.
It can describe anything that seems most afflicted by weakness or disease.
Experiencing poor health
- infirmWeak in body
- invalidWithout legal force
- bedriddenUnable to leave mattress
- valetudinarianOne obsessively concerned with illness
languishing · suffering · chronic · moribund · wasting · ailing · feverish · afflicted
Pale and unwell-looking
- paleLacking color intensity
- sallowUnhealthily yellowish complexion
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
chalky · blanched · colorless · bloodless · anemic · cadaverous · ghostly · pasty
Easily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- weakLacking power or force
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
slight · flimsy · brittle · wispy · insubstantial · vulnerable · tender · wobbly
unwell
Experiencing poor health
valetudinarian · languishing · suffering · chronic · moribund · wasting · ailing · feverish · afflicted · indisposed
wan
Pale and unwell-looking
pallid · chalky · blanched · colorless · bloodless · anemic · cadaverous · ghostly · pasty · waxen
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
tenuous · slight · flimsy · brittle · wispy · insubstantial · vulnerable · tender · wobbly · shaky
unwholesome
Detrimental to wellbeing
pathological · decaying · putrid · festering · corrupted · blighted · tainted · contaminated · pestilent · malignant