sickish

/ˈsɪkɪʃ/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"[W]hen an unexpected bankruptcy was announced by Cluffe or Toole in the Club-room, it made his ear ring like a slap, and he felt sickish for half an hour after."
"His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror."

Etymology tree English sick Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English sickish From sick + -ish.

more sickish (comparative) most sickish (superlative)

sickishly sickishness

malaise

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How do you pronounce sickish?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪkɪʃ/.

What does sickish mean?

Somewhat sick, but not seriously so.

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