ANEMIC Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

anemic

adjective

Definition of anemic

as in bloodless

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Recent Examples of anemic According to the Ojai Raptor Center, Jackie is anemic and has inflammation affecting her kidney function. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026 Training camp won’t reveal if the 49ers fixed last season’s anemic pass-rush that tallied an NFL-low 20 sacks. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 July 2026 Match's profiles are far richer than Zoosk's anemic write-ups. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026 Those anemic numbers help explain the President’s mania for changing the subject to election fraud—laying the groundwork to explain away any losses in November, or, worse, something closer to what Himes warned about. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for anemic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anemic

Adjective

The prototypical service candidate is straitlaced and clean-shaven, someone who speaks about their service in bloodless shorthand, heavy on duty, light on pain.

— Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Every angle can be measured, every proportion assigned a value and every face translated into a bloodless score, typically out of 10.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of bloodless

Adjective

The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Huge bathrooms are done out in stunning swirly green and white ‘cipollino’ marble from Carrara with large tubs and separate walk-in showers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of white

Adjective

Seeing her daughter in that state, babbling nonsense and barely able to stand, Letizia had goggled with the watery eyes of a sickly old lady.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
The woman’s body, painted in blazing magenta, is wrapped around a man rendered in sickly olive green, her head disappearing into his chest.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026