sick

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[ US /ˈsɪk/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪk/ ]

ADJECTIVE

deeply affected by a strong feeling
she was sick with longing
sat completely still, sick with envy
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
the grim task of burying the victims
macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
macabre tortures conceived by madmen
the grim aftermath of the bombing
gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
ghastly wounds
a grisly murder
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
a pallid sky
the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
a pale sun
the pale (or wan) stars
the wan light of dawn
the pale light of a half moon
having a strong distaste from surfeit
sick to death of flattery
gossip that makes one sick
fed up with their complaints
grew more and more disgusted
sick of it all
tired of the noise and smoke
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
ill from the monotony of his suffering
affected with madness or insanity
a man who had gone mad
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

VERB

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously

NOUN

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How To Use sick In A Sentence

A few people were crying, and one girl was very sick and puking, but most people tried to stay calm.
The deep grief and guilt of the mother as well as the hatred and home-sickness of the daughter permeate the story and eventually melt away due to the abiding family love.
The pain is so bad that I gag, a sickish feeling in my sinuses.
It is an uncomfortable feeling to find in her sickness the conventions of beauty - boniness and pallor.
One of his idiosyncrasies was a faith in coffee as a panacea; and I heard that while sickening he deluged himself with that beverage, to what profit let physicians say. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
This is strong language, but it is time, and more than time, that sickly dilettanteism should be left behind, and this gross libel on the The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election
Patients with primary infection tend to be clinically ‘sicker’ than those who are reinfected.
So the girl was out of bondage, but Cadwaladr, sick with humiliation and rage, must come under guard to be handed over for a price to the brother who discarded and misprized him. His Disposition
To equate Tim McVeigh as a patriot is the mark of a sick and disturbed mind. Think Progress » Fox News host Julie Banderas
Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_. Working Murder

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