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And you’d say that a person like that who had been sick was looking ________.

PEAKED 276
POORLY 174
BAD 167
PUNY 161
THIN 75
PALE 40
SICKLY 38
TERRIBLE 38
FRAIL 25
JUST SKIN AND BONES 25
GAUNT 23
BADLY 21
POOR 18
EMACIATED 15
SKINNY 14
WEAK 14
WAN 13
SKIN AND BONES 11
ILL 9
RUN-DOWN 9
DRAWN 8
HAGGARD 8
VERY BAD 8
WASHED OUT 8
VERY THIN 7
LIKE A GHOST 6
NR 6
SCRAWNY 6
SICK 6
PEAKY 5
TOUGH 5
UNDER THE WEATHER 5
AWFUL 4
BETTER 4
GANT 4
LOUSY 4
PICKED 4
THINNER 4
WORN OUT 4
WORSE 4
ANEMIC 3
DROOPY 3
LIKE A SCARECROW 3
LIKE A SKELETON 3
LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER 3
MISERABLE 3
UNWELL 3
VERY POORLY 3
WANE 3
DOWN AND OUT 2
DREADFUL 2
EMANCIPATED 2
FAILING 2
GHASTLY 2
JUST TERRIBLE 2
LIKE DEATH 2
LIKE HE WAS DRAWN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE 2
LIKE HELL 2
LIKE THE DEVIL 2
MEEK 2
NOT UP TO PAR 2
PALLID 2
PRETTY PEAKED 2
PRETTY THIN 2
SEEDY 2
UNHEALTHY 2
VERY PALE 2
WASTED 2
WHITE 2
WORN 2
ALL IN 1
AS IF HE’D BEEN DRAGGED THROUGH A KNOTHOLE 1
AS THOUGH HE’S AT DEATH’S DOOR 1
AWFUL THIN 1
BADDER 1
BLEACHED OUT 1
BUM 1
CAD 1
CAGOUT 1
DEBILITATED 1
DELICATE 1
DEPLETED 1
DISTRESSED 1
DOESN’T HAVE ANY COLOR 1
DOESN’T LOOK GOOD 1
DOWN 1
DOWN IN THE DUMPS 1
DOWN IN THE MOUTH 1
DRAWN OUT 1
DRIED OUT 1
FAIRLY MIDDLIN’ 1
FEEBLE 1
FEES 1
GHOSTY-LOOKING 1
GONE TO NOTHING 1
HALF-STARVED 1
HASN’T MADE THE GRADE YET 1
HOLLER-EYED 1
HOLLOW 1
HOLLOW-CHEEKED 1
HORRIBLE 1
IN BAD SHAPE 1
JUST LIKE DEATH 1
JUST SKIN AND BONE 1
JUST WEAK 1
KINDA BAD 1
KINDA LIKE A FENCE-RAIL 1
LAST LEGS 1
LEAN 1
LIKE A BEAN POLE 1
LIKE A CORPSE 1
LIKE A DEAD MAN 1
LIKE A GOAT 1
LIKE A SHADOW 1
LIKE A SHADOW IN SPRING 1
LIKE A SPOOK 1
LIKE A WALKING CORPSE 1
LIKE A WRECK 1
LIKE AN OLD MAN 1
LIKE HE WAS PLAYING HOOKEY FROM THE GRAVEYARD 1
LIKE HECK 1
LIKE HE’D GONE THROUGH THE FLINT MILL 1
LIKE HE’S BEEN SICK 1
LIKE HE’S FAILING 1
LIKE THE LAST RUN OF SHAD 1
LIKE THE RUNNING GEARS OF A KATYDID 1
LISTLESS 1
LOOKING 1
MIGHTY BAD 1
MIGHTY POORLY 1
MIGHTY SLIM 1
MUCH BETTER 1
MUCH WORSE 1
NOT SO GOOD 1
NOTHING BUT SKIN AND BONES 1
OLDER 1
PALE AROUND THE GILLS 1
PEAKISH 1
PETERED OUT 1
PIMPING 1
PINK AROUND THE GILLS 1
PINKISH 1
PLAYED OUT 1
PO’ 1
PO’ AS A WASHING OF SOAP 1
POOPED 1
POOPED OUT 1
POOR AS A CROW 1
POOR AS A SNAKE 1
POOR AS A WHIPPOORWILL 1
POOZLY 1
PRETTY BAD 1
PRETTY FRAIL 1
PRETTY GAUNT 1
PRETTY HARD 1
PRETTY ROUGH 1
PRETTY RUN-DOWN 1
PRETTY SEEDY 1
PRETTY THIN POLE 1
PUKEY 1
RAW-BONEY 1
REAL BAD 1
REAL THIN 1
RIGHT BAD 1
RINEY 1
ROUGH 1
SADISTIC 1
SALLOW 1
SCARECROW 1
SCRAGGLY 1
SHALLOW 1
SICK AS A DOG 1
SKELETON 1
SKINNIER 1
SKINNY-BONE 1
SKINNY-BONED 1
SKIN’S JUST OVER THE BONES 1
SLIMMER 1
SLIPPING 1
SPENT 1
SUF 1
SURE LOOKS BAD 1
THIN AS A RAIL 1
TIRED 1
TOO THIN 1
TRIMMED DOWN 1
TRIMMER 1
UNDERWEIGHT 1
VERY PEAKED 1
VERY POOR 1
WASTED AWAY 1
WEAKLY 1
WEASLY 1
WORSE FOR THE WEAR 1
WRETCHED 1

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