sickliness

noun

Definition of sicklinessnext
as in invalidism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickliness
  1. invalidism
  2. debility
  3. disease
  4. decrepitude
  5. malady
  6. invalidity
  7. ailment
  8. infirmity
Noun
  • Each of his figures exists in a limbo of invalidism, enervation, atrophied mythology, Arcadian dreams of bathing beauties, and all our endless Modernist nudes by riverbeds, in parks, beds, stripped naked facing us, or masturbating.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2021
  • As Eliot went through a crisis involving his turn to Christianity, Vivien’s invalidism, and his mother’s death, his letters got more and more intense and confessional.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
Definition of invalidism
Noun
  • The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.
    Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
  • According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.
    Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Definition of debility
Noun
  • The real Dylan would often visit and play songs for Guthrie at Greystone, who was suffering from Huntington’s disease, and Seeger did become a quick supporter of Dylan.
    Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Experts said that the two studies, published in the journal Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, show that the public has little knowledge about an exceedingly common disease.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of disease
Noun
  • Any rescue from the muck rests with ordinary citizens taking city and state government back from the politicians serving special interests rather than their own; and shunting aside the go-along-to-get-along business and civic elites settling for decrepitude.
    Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Despite Orlok’s prosthetic decrepitude and the plague-like toxicity of his love, what truly horrifies Ellen about him is that some unknown part of her nature craves his touch.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of decrepitude
Noun
  • This disease is a deadly neurological malady that can spread among deer, elk, and moose populations though contact with saliva, blood, urine, or feces.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Beal also had a left calf injury; add that to the list of the maladies he’s suffered since the Suns obtained him in a trade with Washington prior to the 2022-23 season.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of malady
Noun
  • If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 June 2020
  • By the protocol, therefore, Chile gains the relinquishment of Peru's former claims of the invalidity of the entire treaty and notably of the cession of Tarapacá, and leaves open merely the question as to who shall have the unimportant area of Tacna and Arica.
    Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Definition of invalidity
Noun
  • About 50% of colonies and millions of bees die each year from a variety of ailments, devastating numbers for beekeepers.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Pentagon is using the funding to study arthritis, cancer and chronic fatigue — all ailments that affect women in the military.
    Eva Pound, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of ailment
Noun
  • His zeal seemed even stranger when juxtaposed with a sensible approach to my own infirmities.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But the infirmities plaguing India’s political opposition are legion.
    Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021
Definition of infirmity
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