| Weak |
| Peaked |
| Feeble |
| Sickly |
| Insipid |
| Listless |
| Bloodless |
| Iron-poor |
| Lackluster |
| Lacking pep |
| Lacking zip |
| Lacking brio |
| Needing iron |
| Hardly peppy |
| Lacking iron |
| Hardly hearty |
| Lacking vigor |
| Short on punch |
| Lacking pizazz |
| Lacking energy |
| Hardly vigorous |
| Lacking pizzazz |
| Lacking vitality |
| Easily exhausted |
| Weak, in a sense |
| Lacking strength |
| Weak and listless |
| Listless and weak |
| Low in hemoglobin |
| Dragging, in a way |
| Far from energetic |
| Lacking iron, maybe |
| Lacking vigor; weak |
| Not so red-blooded? |
| Lacking in vitality |
| Lacking in substance |
| Needing a pepper-upper |
| Apparently lacking iron |
| In need of iron, perhaps |
| Not substantive, as profits |