feel sick
idiom
1
US
: to feel ill
2
: to feel like vomiting
After eating a whole plate of cookies, I felt sick.
3
US
: to feel very upset
I feel sick about what happened.
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Their lifeline was a two-legged survival series against Salernitana, who went 2-0 down at Marassi and literally began to feel sick.
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Most people infected with West Nile do not feel sick, the CDC says, though about 1 in 5 people develop a fever and other flu-like symptoms and 1 in about 150 people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, illness.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Though many infected people do not feel sick, some develop symptoms like a fever and few become seriously or fatally ill.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Most people who are infected with West Nile virus don't feel sick, according to the CDC.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Most people infected with West Nile do not feel sick, the CDC says, though about 1 in 5 people develop a fever and other flu-like symptoms and 1 in about 150 people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, illness.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Though many infected people do not feel sick, some develop symptoms like a fever and few become seriously or fatally ill.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Most people who are infected with West Nile virus don't feel sick, according to the CDC.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
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“Feel sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel%20sick. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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