Definition of "sickish" [sick•ish]

• Somewhat sick. (adjective)
• Somewhat nauseated. (adjective)
• Somewhat revolting or nauseating. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "They had a parting that Lemuel's mother would have called sickish without question; but it all seemed heavenly sweet and right."
• "Len, who's about the size of a freight car, smiles kind of sickish at this, and says he hopes there's no hard feelings among old friends and lodge brothers; and Egbert says, Oh, no! It would just be in the nature of a friendly contest, which he feels very much like having one, since he can be pushed just so far; but Cora says gambling has brutalized him."
• "As Roy Dillon stumbled out of the shop his face was sickish green, and each breath he drew was an incredible agony."