ziekelijk — meaning in English

English meaning

• morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
• peaky adj Looking pale, tired, or slightly unwell.
• sickly adj Frequently ill, or generally weak and unhealthy.

Senses

ziekelijk is used for these senses in English:

• morbid (originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]
• morbid (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
• peaky Sickly; peaked.
• sickly Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

morbid — full definition

1. adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
2. adj Relating to or caused by disease.

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