sickliness
Persistent poor health
Sickliness is the quality or state of being sickly—prone to illness, weak in constitution, or having an unhealthy appearance.
It can describe a person's chronic frailty the sickliness of her childhood kept her indoors or the pallid, wan quality of something's appearance.
The word extends to things that seem unwholesome or excessively sweet in a cloying way: the sickliness of the sentiment made the greeting card unbearable.
Unhealthy facial whiteness
- sallownessUnhealthy yellowish skin color
- wannessUnhealthy lack of color
- pastinessSickly pale quality
- gauntnessExtreme, angular thinness
drawn · peaked · ashen · wan · greenish · yellowish · cadaverous · emaciation
Impaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- fragilityEase of breaking
- weaknessDeficiency in force
enervation · decrepitude · wasting · atrophy · delicacy · brittleness · faintness · asthenia
Weary, dreamy fatigue
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
queasiness · nausea · indisposition · unwellness · ill-health · discomfort · wooziness · feverishness
Chronic state of illness
- ill-healthAbsence of wellness
- ailingIn poor health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- bedriddenUnable to leave mattress
Reduced ability to fight infection
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
pallor
Unhealthy facial whiteness
- sallownessUnhealthy yellowish skin color
- wannessUnhealthy lack of color
- pastinessSickly pale quality
gauntness · drawn · peaked · ashen · wan · greenish · yellowish · cadaverous · emaciation · thinness
debility
Impaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- fragilityEase of breaking
weakness · enervation · decrepitude · wasting · atrophy · delicacy · brittleness · faintness · asthenia · prostration
languor
Weary, dreamy fatigue
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
listlessness · queasiness · nausea · indisposition · unwellness · ill-health · discomfort · wooziness · feverishness · clamminess
invalidism
Chronic state of illness
- ill-healthAbsence of wellness
- ailingIn poor health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
immunocompromised
Reduced ability to fight infection
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
hypersensitivity · exposure · defenselessness · frailness · predisposition
- weaknessweakness, feebleness, frailty, debility, asthenia
sicklinesshealth
Condition of body, mind
healthiness · wellness · robustness · vitality · vigor
sicklinessrobustness
Resistance to failure
hardiness · sturdiness · ruggedness · vigor · heartiness
sick, sickness, sickly, sickening, sicken, sicker, sickened, homesickness, airsick