peaky

adjective

ˈpē-kē How to pronounce peaky (audio)
Definition of peakynext
as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body her mother announced that she still looked peaky, and felt her forehead for a fever

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Recent Examples of peaky Photo : The Hover Bureau The one-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse has a living room clad in peaky cypress paneling. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025 Local surf guides will take wave riders to fun, peaky beach breaks or barreling reefs. — Noah Lederman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaky
  1. sick
  2. poorly
  3. bad
  4. ill
  5. down
Adjective
  • Listen to this article Unvaccinated people who visited Denver Health’s emergency department on Sunday should monitor themselves for signs of measles after a sick child received care there.
    — Meg Wingerter, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • His mother was still sick, and Mr. Sancho-Persad started working as her caregiver in the morning for $18.75 an hour, paid through Medicaid, while still driving his cab at night.
    — Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?
    — BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
Definition of poorly
Adjective
  • Listen to this article San Diego officials are scrambling to figure out how to fix or replace the 43-year-old Mission Beach lifeguard tower, which is in such bad shape structurally that it’s been declared a threat to public health and safety.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Since Trump’s Wednesday announcement, the stock market plummeted to its worst position since March 2020.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • Likewise, when the husband fell ill but the wife remained healthy, the likelihood of divorce did not significantly increase.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The ship traveled to New York and to several islands in the Eastern Caribbean, according to Cunard’s website. 19 MILLION AMERICANS TO TAKE CRUISES IN 2025, AAA PROJECTS Out of the total 2,538 passengers, 224 became ill with the virus.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of ill
Adjective
  • Even if Bitcoin experiences consecutive down years—which history suggests is unlikely over extended periods—the structure remains viable.
    — Edan Yago, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The sole down year was 2001, when the index lost slightly over 1% in that period.
    — Brian Evans,Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of down

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“Peaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaky. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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