anemic
/əˈniː.mɪk/
anemic adjective: of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
Adjective
anemic (comparative more anemic, superlative most anemic)
- Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
- Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
- 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.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 219
- Synonyms:
- enervated, underoxygenated
Noun
anemic (plural anemics)
- A person who has anemia.
anemic meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali
anemic in Hindi
- of or pertaining to anemia
- क्षीणरक्त kṣīṇrakt
anemic in Tamil
- இரத்த சோகையான, தெம்பற்ற, பலவீனமான
anemic in Bengali
- anemic; bloodless, pale
- রক্তহীন roktohin
Synonyms of anemic
Antonyms
Forms of anemic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more anemic |
| superlative | most anemic |
| alternative Commonwealth | anaemic |
| alternative form (dated) | anæmic |
| Noun | |
| plural | anemics |
Origin of anemic
From anemia + -ic.
Words formed from anemic
Words that rhyme with anemic
- epistemic
- phonemic
- asemic
- bimorphemic
- graphemic
- hemic
- limnemic
- aglycemic
- anaemic
- antiglycemic
- blastemic
- cachaemic
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- cachemic
- calcaemic
- calcemic
- cenemic
- cheremic
- cholaemic
- chronemic
- classemic
- copraemic
- copremic
- dimorphemic
- dysaemic
- dyscalcemic
- dyssemic
- edemic
- emic
- eucalcemic
- extraischemic
- fungaemic
- fungemic
- glycaemic
- glycemic
- haemic
- heteromorphemic
- hydraemic
- hydremic
- hypercalcemic
- hypercupremic
- hyperferremic
- hyperkalaemic
- hyperkalemic
- hypervolemic
- hypocalcemic
- hypoferremic
- hypokalemic
- hypovolemic
- ischaemic
- ischemic
- leucaemic
- leucemic
- leukaemic
- leukemic
- lexemic
- lipaemic
- lipemic
- lithaemic
- lithemic
- ludemic
Questions about anemic
- What does anemic mean?
- Anemic means of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
- What is anemic in Hindi?
- Anemic in Hindi is क्षीणरक्त (kṣīṇrakt). See Anemic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anemic?
- Anemic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce anemic?
- Anemic is pronounced /əˈniː.mɪk/.
Words near anemic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anemic (page history and authors); anemic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); রক্তহীন (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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