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Starstuff Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Define someone who gets sick easily

What do you call someone who frequently gets sick?
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"sickly" or "in frail health"

  • "sickly" or "in frail health"
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"sickly" or "in frail health"
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Thanks for the reply. Is there a slang or an informal way to describe people who easily get ill/injured/crushed because they are physically weak?

e.g.:

A: This is the third time I got a cold this month!
B: You are such a ____.
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Wimp? Not exactly right though.
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WEAKLING. One good dictionary defines it as (l) a physically weak and frail person and (2) a coward.

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