souffranteadj.
/ˈsuːfrɒnt/ Of women: delicate, indisposed or ill; prone to anxiety or depression.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased
untrumc825
sickc888
unwholec888
slackc897
unstronga900
sicklea1000
sam-halea1023
worseOE
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physical1633
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mawkish1668
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unthriven1680
unsane1690
ailing1716
not wellish1737
underlya1742
poorly1750
indifferent1753
comical1755
maladized1790
sober1808
sickened1815
broken-down1816
peaky1821
poorlyish1827
souffrante1827
run-down1831
sicklied1835
addle1844
shaky1844
mean1845
dauncy1846
stricken1846
peakyish1853
po'ly1860
pindling1861
rough1882
rocky1883
suffering1885
wabbit1895
icky-boo1920
like death warmed up1924
icky1938
ropy1945
crappy1956
hanging1971
sick as a parrot1982
shite1987
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > given to anxiety (of women)
souffrante1827
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > nervous depression > [adjective] > affected with > apt to be
vapourish1716
souffrante1827
1827 E. Grosvenor in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) vii. 141 She is a very interesting person, very handsome, but pale and ‘souffrante’.
1877 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 10 July (1956) VI. 392 I have been souffrante, but am content to bear my share of such trouble.
1938 A. Thirkell Let. in M. Strickland A. Thirkell: Portrait of a Lady Novelist (1977) vii. 120 I have been so souffrante this summer with perpetual headaches.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 94/4 A tearful, tortured female, forever souffrante, forever worried, forever hoarding and cherishing her sufferings.
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