5 definitions found for sickish

Sickish SICK'ISH, a. [from sick]
1. Somewhat sick or diseased.
2. Exciting disgust; nauseating; as a sickish taste.

sickish adj 1: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish]

sickish adjective Date: 1581 1. archaic somewhat ill ; sickly 2. somewhat nauseated ; queasy 3. somewhat sickening <a sickish odor> • sickishly adverb • sickishness noun

Sickish Sick"ish, a. 1. Somewhat sick or diseased. 2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste. -- Sick"ish*ly, adv. -- Sick"ish*ness, n.

sickish a. Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.