peaked
adj.adj. looking pale, thin, or sick. You use this to describe someone who looks like they have not been sleeping or eating well.
adj. appearing pale, gaunt, or sickly in countenance. Often used predicatively after linking verbs such as 'look' or 'feel'.
You look a bit peaked today; are you feeling alright?
After a week of fighting the flu, he emerged from his room looking thin and peaked.
The long hours in the windowless office left the staff looking peaked and exhausted by the time the project finally reached its conclusion.
See peak.
See peak (Etymology 2).
Typically follows a linking verb like 'look', 'seem', or 'feel'.
he peaked through the windowhe peeked through the windowLearners confuse the adjective 'peaked' (sickly) or the verb 'peaked' (reached a maximum) with the verb 'peeked' (looked quickly).