colicky
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- adjective
- /ˈkɒlɪki/
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cólico
- Even if you have no water, no heat, and a colicky newborn, try to enjoy the little things.
- a colicky baby
- a colicky infant
- a colicky newborn
Examples
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The baby was colicky and still mysteriously prone to crying.
Fiction book (1990) -
Phillip was colicky.
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Yeah, I remember we called our daughter was super colicky and, you know, so she basically cried all the time for basically two years.
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Actually, it used to be common practice to give colicky babies brandy.
Blog text (25) -
No one cared except the parents who had nursed her, stayed up all night soothing and rocking her when she was colicky.
Fiction book (2000) -
Gut pains tend to be colicky—it comes and goes in waves or spasms, but children may describe this poorly.
Academic text (2014) -
I'll take the colicky Jesse, his shaky bleats, the mustard-filled diapers, the sour burp rags on my shoulder.
Fiction book (1996) -
When he was a newborn, our son was very colicky, often crying for hours at night.
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Dealing with a colicky baby can be exhausting for new parents.
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The pediatrician explained that her colicky symptoms were normal for infants.
Synonyms
Has sudden severe stomach pain that causes crying or discomfort
Causing or showing stomach pain and cramping
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word colicky comes from colic, which comes from an old Greek word kolon meaning 'large intestine' or 'gut', the same root as the English colon. So colicky describes strong belly pain or cramps, the kind that often makes babies cry.