When a person doesn’t look healthy, or looks as if he hadn’t been well for some time, you’d say, “He looks ________.”
| PEAKED | 298 |
| PUNY | 264 |
| SICKLY | 157 |
| PALE | 95 |
| SICK | 88 |
| POORLY | 82 |
| BAD | 55 |
| ANEMIC | 37 |
| RUN DOWN | 37 |
| TERRIBLE | 28 |
| ILL | 17 |
| POOR | 17 |
| FRAIL | 15 |
| SALLOW | 15 |
| WASHED OUT | 11 |
| EMACIATED | 10 |
| UNDER THE WEATHER | 10 |
| MISERABLE | 9 |
| PEAKY | 8 |
| TOUGH | 8 |
| WAN | 8 |
| PALLID | 6 |
| THIN | 6 |
| WEAK | 6 |
| AWFUL | 5 |
| DRAWN | 5 |
| UNHEALTHY | 5 |
| UNWELL | 5 |
| BADLY | 4 |
| DAUNCY | 4 |
| SWARTHY | 4 |
| AILING | 3 |
| DOESN’T LOOK WELL | 3 |
| DON’T LOOK WELL | 3 |
| DOWN AND OUT | 3 |
| DROOPY | 3 |
| KINDA PUNY | 3 |
| LIKE A GHOST | 3 |
| LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER | 3 |
| NOT UP TO PAR | 3 |
| PASTY | 3 |
| PEAKISH | 3 |
| SHALLOW | 3 |
| WEASLY | 3 |
| WORMY | 3 |
| BAD COLOR | 2 |
| BILIOUS | 2 |
| CONSUMPTIVE | 2 |
| DOWN IN THE MOUTH | 2 |
| DRAGGED OUT | 2 |
| DREADFUL | 2 |
| GAUNT | 2 |
| HAGGARD | 2 |
| HORRIBLE | 2 |
| LIKE HELL | 2 |
| LIKE HE’S BEEN PULLED THROUGH A KNOTHOLE | 2 |
| LIKE HE’S HAD IT | 2 |
| LOUSY | 2 |
| PRETTY BAD | 2 |
| PUNK | 2 |
| PUTRID | 2 |
| RIGHT PUNY | 2 |
| ROUGH | 2 |
| SCRAWNY | 2 |
| SICKY | 2 |
| SKINNY | 2 |
| WHITE AS A SHEET | 2 |
| WORN OUT | 2 |
| ACHNEMA | 1 |
| AIN’T LOOKING RIGHT | 1 |
| ALL DRAGGED OUT | 1 |
| ALL DRUG OUT | 1 |
| ALL PETERED OUT | 1 |
| BAD OFF | 1 |
| BEAT | 1 |
| BEAT UP | 1 |
| BLAH | 1 |
| COLORLESS | 1 |
| CRUMMY | 1 |
| DELICATE | 1 |
| DIABETES | 1 |
| DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HIMSELF | 1 |
| DOESN’T LOOK UP TO PAR | 1 |
| DOG TIRED | 1 |
| DON’T LOOK GOOD | 1 |
| DON’T LOOK HEALTHY | 1 |
| DON’T LOOK SO HOT | 1 |
| DOWN | 1 |
| DRAGGY | 1 |
| DRAWN OUT | 1 |
| DRAWN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE | 1 |
| DULL | 1 |
| DWORTHY | 1 |
| FAGGED | 1 |
| FAGGED OUT | 1 |
| FAINTY | 1 |
| FAR FROM WELL | 1 |
| FATIGUED | 1 |
| FEVERISH | 1 |
| FRAGILE-LOOKING | 1 |
| FUNNY | 1 |
| GANT | 1 |
| GEEN | 1 |
| GERMY | 1 |
| GOT A SICK LOOK | 1 |
| GRAY | 1 |
| HALF-DEAD | 1 |
| HOLLOW-FACED | 1 |
| ILL-CONDITIONED | 1 |
| IN A DECLINE | 1 |
| JUST DOESN’T LOOK WELL | 1 |
| JUST LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER | 1 |
| KINDA PALE AND WASHED OUT | 1 |
| KINDA PEAKED | 1 |
| KNOCKED OUT | 1 |
| LEPIC | 1 |
| LIKE A BAR OF SOAP AFTER A HARD DAY’S WASHING | 1 |
| LIKE A CHICKEN WITH THE COCCILIOSIS | 1 |
| LIKE A CREAM PUFF | 1 |
| LIKE A DYSPEPTIC | 1 |
| LIKE A SCARECROW | 1 |
| LIKE A SICK CHICKEN | 1 |
| LIKE A WALKING SHADOW | 1 |
| LIKE A WALKING SKELETON | 1 |
| LIKE HAMMERED HELL | 1 |
| LIKE HE HAD BEEN ILL | 1 |
| LIKE HE MIGHT BE INFECTED WITH T.B. | 1 |
| LIKE HE’S AILING | 1 |
| LIKE HE’S BEEN SENT FOR | 1 |
| LIKE SOMETHING THE CAT DRAGGED IN | 1 |
| LIKE THE DEVIL | 1 |
| LIKE THE GRAVE | 1 |
| LOW | 1 |
| MIGHTY PALE | 1 |
| MIGHTY PEAKED | 1 |
| MIGHTY PUNY | 1 |
| NEGLECTED | 1 |
| NOT DOING SO WELL | 1 |
| NOT WELL | 1 |
| ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE | 1 |
| OUT OF CONDITION | 1 |
| OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| PEASLY | 1 |
| PIMPING | 1 |
| PINDLING | 1 |
| PINKISH | 1 |
| PINKY | 1 |
| PRETTY FRAIL | 1 |
| PRETTY MUCH RUN DOWN | 1 |
| PRUNY | 1 |
| RAW | 1 |
| REAL DELICATE | 1 |
| REAL PALE | 1 |
| REAL POORLY | 1 |
| ROCKY | 1 |
| ROTTEN | 1 |
| SALLID | 1 |
| SCRUBBY | 1 |
| SEEDY | 1 |
| SHAKISH | 1 |
| SHALLOWS | 1 |
| SICKER THAN A DOG | 1 |
| SOUR | 1 |
| SOUR EXPRESSION | 1 |
| SPOTTY | 1 |
| STARVED TO DEATH | 1 |
| THROTHY | 1 |
| TIMID | 1 |
| TIRED | 1 |
| TIRED BLOOD | 1 |
| TUCKERED OUT | 1 |
| UNDER PAR | 1 |
| VERY FRAIL | 1 |
| VERY PALE | 1 |
| WASHED UP | 1 |
| WEASEL | 1 |
| WISHY-WASHY | 1 |
| WORE OUT | 1 |
| WORN | 1 |
| WRECK OF THE HESPERUS | 1 |
| WRETCHED | 1 |
| WRUNG OUT | 1 |
| YELLOW | 1 |
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