sickly
/ˈsɪkli/adjective
उच्चारण सिक्ली
रोगी, बीमार रहने वाला, कमज़ोर
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(of a smell, taste) unpleasant and making you feel sick
(गंध, स्वाद) मतली लाने वाला
- a sickly sweet smell
- The sickly smell of rotten fruit filled the room.
- The sickly smell of the polish made me feel faint.
+ 2 more examples
- The medicine had a sickly sweet taste.
- A sickly odour came from the drains.
Synonyms nauseating cloying sickening sugary
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
sickly + person (habitual illness)
Sickly describes a person who is often ill and weak, not someone who is ill today.
'Sickly' उस व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जो अक्सर बीमार और कमज़ोर रहता है, आज बीमार होने वाले का नहीं।
- Radhika was a sickly child but became strong with exercise.
- He looked pale and sickly.
sickly + smell / taste / sweet
With smells and tastes, sickly means so strong or sweet that it makes you feel ill.
गंध और स्वाद के साथ 'sickly' का अर्थ इतना तेज़ या मीठा कि मितली आने लगे।
- The room had a sickly smell of incense.
- The sweets were sickly sweet.
sickly + colour / light
Sickly can describe a pale, unhealthy look of a colour or a weak light.
'Sickly' किसी रंग के पीले, अस्वस्थ रूप या कमज़ोर रोशनी का वर्णन कर सकता है।
- A sickly yellow light came from the lamp.
sickly vs sick / ill
Sick and ill are used for a temporary condition; sickly is a lasting description of weak health.
'Sick' और 'ill' अस्थायी बीमारी के लिए हैं; 'sickly' कमज़ोर स्वास्थ्य का स्थायी वर्णन है।
- She is sick today, but she is not a sickly girl.
sickly + adverb use (sickly pale / sickly green)
Sickly can come before another colour word to show an unhealthy shade.
अस्वस्थ रंगत दिखाने के लिए 'sickly' दूसरे रंग-वाचक शब्द से पहले आ सकता है।
- His face turned a sickly green on the boat.
+Collocations 4
sickly + noun
childbabyplantsmilecomplexion
- The sickly child needed careful nursing.
sickly + sweet
sweet smellsweet tastesweet perfumesweet drinksweet voice
- The syrup was sickly sweet and he could not finish it.
adverb + sickly
ratheralwaysterriblysomewhatpale and
- He was a rather sickly boy in his early years.
look / seem + sickly
lookseemappeargrowremain
- The plant looked sickly after the dry spell.
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- Grandfather was sickly in his youth but lived to ninety.
दादाजी जवानी में कमज़ोर स्वास्थ्य के थे, पर नब्बे वर्ष तक जिए।
- The sickly smell from the drain spread through the street.
नाली की मितली लाने वाली गंध पूरी गली में फैल गई।
- The plants in the pot grew pale and sickly.
गमले के पौधे पीले और मुरझाए से हो गए।
- Her sickly brother stayed indoors during the winter.
उसका कमज़ोर भाई सर्दियों में घर के अंदर ही रहा।
- The sickly sweet scent of flowers gave me a headache.
फूलों की अत्यधिक मीठी गंध ने मुझे सिरदर्द दे दिया।
- The long illness left her thin and sickly.
लंबी बीमारी ने उसे दुबला और कमज़ोर बना दिया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is sickly today, so he did not come to school.
✓ He is sick today, so he did not come to school.
Sickly means often ill; for a temporary illness, use sick or unwell.
'Sickly' का अर्थ अक्सर बीमार रहना है; अस्थायी बीमारी के लिए 'sick' या 'unwell' आता है।
✗ I feel sickly after eating too much.
✓ I feel sick after eating too much.
Feel sick describes a passing feeling of nausea; sickly is not used with feel in this way.
Feel sick क्षणिक मितली का भाव बताता है; इस अर्थ में 'sickly' का प्रयोग नहीं होता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
sick·ly
?Which word?
Keep the weak-health words together: sickly (often ill), frail (weak, especially from age), ailing (ill for a long time), infirm (weak from age or illness), delicate.
कमज़ोर स्वास्थ्य के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sickly (अक्सर बीमार), frail (कमज़ोर, विशेषकर उम्र से), ailing (लंबे समय से बीमार), infirm (उम्र या बीमारी से कमज़ोर), delicate।
§Grammar and usage
Grammar trap: sickly ends in -ly but is an adjective, not an adverb ('a sickly child'); likewise friendly, lovely, lonely, ugly, silly, costly, elderly.
Grammar trap: sickly -ly पर खत्म होता है पर adjective है, adverb नहीं ('a sickly child'); इसी तरह friendly, lovely, lonely, ugly, silly, costly, elderly।