ANEMIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ANEMIC?

Need another word that means the same as “anemic”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “anemic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Anemic” are: anaemic

Anemic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Anemic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anemic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.
• Lacking vigor or energy.

Synonyms of "Anemic" as an adjective (1 Word)

anaemic

Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia. Boro gave a thoroughly anaemic performance.

Usage Examples of "Anemic" as an adjective

• An anemic attempt to hit the baseball.

Associations of "Anemic" (30 Words)

ailing	Somewhat ill or prone to illness. The ailing economy.
blanch	Cook (vegetables) briefly. The cold light blanched her face.
breakable	An article that is fragile and easily broken. An encrypted password isn t easily breakable.
brittle	A brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Her manner was artificially bright and brittle.
debilitated	Lacking energy or vitality. A debilitated patient.
decrepit	Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. A rather decrepit old man.
emaciated	Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
emaciation	The state of being abnormally thin or weak. Thin to the point of emaciation.
feminine	A feminine word or form. A feminine ending.
flagging	Weak from exhaustion. She wants to revive her flagging career.
fragile	(of an object) easily broken or damaged. A small fragile old lady.
fragility	The quality of being delicate or vulnerable. A film about the fragility of relationships.
frail	The weight of a frail basket full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds. An invalid s frail body.
ill	Presaging ill fortune P B Shelley. She could ill afford the cost of new curtains.
impotent	(of a male animal) unable to copulate. He was seized with an impotent anger.
infirm	Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness. Infirm of purpose give me the daggers.
languish	Pine with love or grief. He has been languishing in jail since 1974.
limp	A tendency to limp a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. He limped off during Saturday s game.
pale	Become pale in one s face from shock or fear. Pale blue eyes.
pallid	(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. The pallid face of the invalid.
powerless	Without ability, influence, or power. Troops were powerless to stop last night s shooting.
puny	Poor in quality, amount, or size. The army was reduced to a puny 100 000 men.
rickety	Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets. A rickety table.
sick	People who are sick. They devote their lives to caring for the sick.
spineless	Weak in willpower, courage or vitality. Spineless forms of prickly pear have been selected.
undermine	Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously. The demolition engineers did eventually undermine two of the tower s six sides.
vulnerable	(of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect. The scheme will help charities working with vulnerable adults and young people.
wan	Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. He gave a wan smile.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. A weak mind.
weakly	Sickly; not robust. She leaned weakly against the wall.