maladif
Meanings
Adjective
1. sickly (habitually sick)
2. poorly (not well, sick)
3. pathological
4. diseased (having ill character)
Examples4
un enfant maladif
a sickly child
Timidité maladive.
Crippling shyness.
Mon désir de devenir médecin s'est développé en m'occupant de mon frère maladif.
My desire to become a doctor grew out of looking after my sickly brother.
Tom est d'une timidité maladive.
Tom is painfully shy.