anemic

comparative more anemic · superlative most anemic · alternative Commonwealth anaemic · alternative dated anæmic

1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
2. broadlyWeak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.

   Near-synonyms: enervated, underoxygenated

   2 more examples

   [H]e was one of those weak creatures full of a shifty cunning - who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves, void of pride, timorous, anæmic, hateful souls.

   1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 219

   My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables.

   1938, Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and Century, volume 100, page 156

   Synonyms: enervated, underoxygenated

plural anemics · alternative Commonwealth anaemic · alternative dated anæmic

1. A person who has anemia.