sickish
1
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈsɪkɪʃ/
- Smell of smoke in the car's interior, sweet-sickish smell of whiskey.
Examples
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But just the thought of Riva gave her the willies, made her feel sickish and weak to see.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is that same embarrassment, that same sickish, bone-stiffening discomfort that Cara feels now.
Fiction book (2000) -
The cheap pink shoes in the window put a sickish tinge on Linda's soul.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I saw how big his penis was, big for me. I was proud of how big it was for me, and I was sleepy and sort of sickish, saying, "Gee, I don't know, maybe I should go back home?"
Fiction book (1995) -
He turned to the other and was startled to see a sickish old man, equally startled, staring back at him.
Fiction book (1993) -
This diminished the floating sensation but heightened the sickish motion of the gurney.
Fiction book (1994) -
The room, painted sickish green, was crowded with six folding beds and fragrant with moldy towels.
Fiction book (2000) -
And his breath—it smelled of tobacco juice, wet, rank, sickish, rotted.
Fiction book (1997) -
After eating the suspicious leftovers, I felt sickish and couldn't shake the nausea.
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She looked sickish when she woke up, likely from the flu that was going around.
Synonyms
69
4.4
Feeling like you will be sick
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
20
4.1
Feeling sick and likely to throw up
18
1.0
Feeling slightly sick or uncomfortable
17
1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
13
4.5
Feeling sick and likely to vomit
1
8.2
Feeling slightly sick or not well
1
9.9
Feeling a little sick and grumpy, often after eating rich food
1
9.9
Feeling slightly sick or disgusted after seeing something unpleasant
Antonyms
How Sick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sickish comes from the simple word sick meaning 'ill' and the ending -ish meaning 'somewhat' or 'like', as in greenish. So sickish means 'a little sick', a mild, queasy feeling like you might throw up.