Thesaurus / peaky
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synonyms for peaky
- ailing
- lackluster
- cranky
- feeble
- infirm
- below par
- delicate
- diseased
- down
- dragging
- faint
- indisposed
- languid
- low
- mean
- off-color
- pallid
- peaked
- poorly
- rocky
- run-down
- seedy
- unhealthy
- wan
- weak
- bilious
- in poor health
- laid-low
- out of action
- out of shape
- pining
- sickish
- emaciated
- dying
- hungry
- peaked
- weakened
- faint
- famished
- skinny
- empty
- thin
- starved
- drawn
- haggard
- craving
- ravenous
- underfed
- undernourished
- dehydrated
- malnourished
- pinched
- perishing
- hungering
- dog-hungry
- flying light
- have munchies
- peckish
- rattleboned
- ashen
- blanched
- bloodless
- consumptive
- dead
- deathly
- emaciated
- gaunt
- ghastly
- ghostly
- haggard
- pallid
- peaked
- sallow
- shadowy
- sick
- spectral
- thin
- wan
- wasted
- deathlike
- skeletal
- bag of bones
- exsanguinous
- skeletonlike
- skin and bones
- angular
- emaciated
- forlorn
- anorexic
- thin
- grim
- bleak
- bare
- bony
- cadaverous
- desolate
- dismal
- dreary
- forbidding
- haggard
- harsh
- lean
- meager
- peaked
- rawboned
- scrawny
- skeleton
- spare
- wasted
- lank
- skeletal
- attenuated
- like a bag of bones
- pinched
- scraggy
- skin and bones
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How to use peaky in a sentence
Down the hall, a friendly nurse practitioner is on call with Tylenol and gluten-free pretzels if I feel a little peaky when the session finishes, plus anti-anxiety medication if the sensation crosses into a little more than peaky.
CAN TRIPPING ON KETAMINE CURE PTSD? I DECIDED TO TRY.CORINNE IOZZIOJUNE 21, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThere are peaky, dark mountains beyond this—just as across the vast bay are gloomy hills.
SEA AND SARDINIAD. H. LAWRENCEHis peaky little beard, and the way he carried himself, as well as the quickness of his movements, told one that.
UNDER THE CHINESE DRAGONF. S. BRERETONYou're gittin' peaky ez a sick kitten, an' saller ez a punkin; you'll be down with fevers an' agers nex'.
CRESTLANDSMARY ADDAMS BAYNEThe Norwegian Nis was like a strong-shouldered child, in a coat and peaky cap, who carried a pretty blue light at night.
BROWNIES AND BOGLESLOUISE IMOGEN GUINEYHe's a peaky little chap; it comes of being a poet, I think.
THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERSE. NESBITIt is like liberty itself, after the peaky confinement of Sicily.
SEA AND SARDINIAD. H. LAWRENCENow some people would have said the Lady Ethelrida was too chiseled—she might grow peaky, with old age.
THE REASON WHYELINOR GLYN"Your brother is gettin' to be the peaky one, nowadays," went on Mrs. Gates, with her placid frankness.
THE HALLOWELL PARTNERSHIPKATHARINE HOLLAND BROWNThem peaky little clams a'most puts out all my shoulder-blades, and wunna bite through a twine of gristle.
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