anemic

adj, noun — 3 senses

anemic

adj

/əˈniː.mɪk/

Etymology From anemia + -ic.

1

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.

2

Broadly 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:

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My ordinarily even disposition was shattered, I thought, beyond repair — a condition that was not improved by my utter abhorrence of a diet of infant's food and anemic vegetables.1938, Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and Century, volume 100, page 156:

Antonyms: nonanemic
Derived terms: anemically, antianemic
Related terms: bloodless, hypoxic
Coordinate terms: pseudoanemic

anemic

noun

Etymology From anemia + -ic.

1

A person who has anemia.

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