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adjective

ˈsik

sicker; sickest

Synonyms of sick next

a(1)

: affected with disease or ill health : ailing

(2)

: of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness

took five sick days this month

a sick ward

: queasy, nauseated

sick to one's stomach

was sick in the car

: undergoing menstruation

: spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt

: sickened by strong emotion

sick with fear

worried sick

: having a strong distaste from surfeit : satiated

sick of flattery

: filled with disgust or chagrin

gossip makes me sick

: depressed and longing for something

sick for one's home

: mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered : morbid

sick thoughts

: highly distasteful : macabre, sadistic

sick jokes

a sick crime

: lacking vigor : sickly: such as

: badly outclassed

made the competition look sick

: incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop

sick soils

slang : outstandingly or amazingly good or impressive

Rookie was phenomenal Friday. His goal was nice, but the pass to twin brother, Chris, … was downright sick.—

Roy Lang III

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Example Sentences

Adjective He is at home sick in bed. She is sick with the flu. I'm too sick to go to work. The medicine just made me sicker. The sickest patients are in intensive care. My poor rosebush looks sick. She has been on the sick list all week. The way they treat people makes me sick. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

About 1 in 20 people who get sick with dengue experience a severe case. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023 Maya's mom, Beata, 43, had been accused of child abuse due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental disorder in which a caregiver fakes or causes symptoms to make a child look sick. —

Abby Roedel, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023 Wuhan market is the only ‘plausible’ source of COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows July 26, 2022 When a virus that has made humans sick recedes but continues to circulate within a population of animals, those creatures become what scientists call a reservoir. —

Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023 Health through Walls has trained nearly 70 inmates to identify sick people within prison cells because medical staff are now barred from doing daily health rounds given the growing insecurity. —

DÁnica Coto, ajc, 8 June 2023 While those who are more sensitive may be at-risk for severe symptoms, anyone can get sick from wildfire smoke. —

Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 8 June 2023 And over his 13 months at the helm, there hasn’t been a sense of voters revving up for the presidential election—on the contrary, everyone still seems understandably sick of politics. —

Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 June 2023 Even an imperfect vaccine, when given to those at highest risk, will keep most people from getting seriously sick and will greatly reduce the incidence of illness. —

Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 6 June 2023 Other experts add that continuing to follow health protocols like isolating at home and testing can protect and prevent other people from getting infected and sick, including friends or loved ones who are immunocompromised. —

Alyssa Hui, Health, 5 June 2023 See More

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