4
yellow(adjective, wan)
3
cloying(adjective, syrupy, sticky, overpowering, sugary)
3
colorless(adjective, dull, light, weak, soft)
3
crippled(adjective, disease)
3
disabled(adjective, diseased)
3
faintly(adverb, feebly)
3
feebly(adverb, feebly)
3
gaunt(adjective, cadaverous)
3
halting(disease, ill, sick, unwell)
3
healthless
3
insipid(light, weak, soft, feeble, lackluster)
3
laid up(expression, adjective, sick, unwell, ailing)
3
lame(adjective, weak, disease, thin, delicate)
3
mawkish(adjective, sweet, syrupy, overpowering, cloying)
3
mealy
3
morose(adjective, gross, overpowering, cloying)
3
mushy(adjective, syrupy, sticky)
3
off-color(adjective, health, weak, thin, ill)
3
pimping
3
rickety(adjective, uncertain, feeble, shaky, hesitant)
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