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Word entry · 6 letters

anemic

Best crossword clue

"Lacking energy"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əˈniː.mɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceimnStarts with AEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2N3E4M5I6C

Definitions

  1. lacking vigor or energy

Word origin

From anemia + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: enervated, underoxygenated
  • [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.
  • 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.

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