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as in poorly
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
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as in shocked
filled with disgust
it makes me sick to think of someone hurting a helpless animal
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as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I'm sick of listening to this radio station
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as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such books
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Recent Examples of sick
Seventeen people in 13 states have also gotten sick as a result of the outbreak.
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 18 June 2025
Has anyone gotten sick from consuming the affected vitamins?
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Those funds can mean food on the table, payment of school fees or medicine for someone sick.
—Jesus 'chuy' Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Shock Value was written in 1981, just before Waters would find mainstream success with Hairspray and Cry-Baby, or rather twist the mainstream into his own sick vision.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 18 June 2025
Has anyone gotten sick from consuming the affected vitamins?
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Those funds can mean food on the table, payment of school fees or medicine for someone sick.
—Jesus 'chuy' Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Shock Value was written in 1981, just before Waters would find mainstream success with Hairspray and Cry-Baby, or rather twist the mainstream into his own sick vision.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick
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The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.—
Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.—
Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2024
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Feel that stretch in your shoulders, and in your capacity to still be shocked, six months into Trump’s second term.—
Jena Friedman,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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Matlin appears shocked but somewhat timid when Hurt, who presented her with the award after winning the previous year's Best Actor statue for Kiss of the Spider Woman, calls and then signs her name.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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Anyone can encounter a mentally ill person whose behavior may be alarming.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Paul was severely ill, so he was excused from appearing, but Vladimir was taken away by the Bolsheviks after refusing to renounce his father.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 June 2025
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Mowing Lawns Homeowners are usually away on vacation or are probably too tired to maintain their yards.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But, in Dick’s opinion, Charlie grew tired of baseball’s daily grind.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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His family’s investments in cryptocurrency, including allegations of corrupt self-dealing, galvanized most Democrats to oppose the bill.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2025
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The film gathers immoral cops, ruthless women and corrupt politicians to complete the world of populist cinema based in hinterlands of India.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Hatton was talking with reporters, bemoaning a bad break on the 17th ended his chances of winning.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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By the nineteen-sixties, the hibakusha identity was established enough, and the condition of Korean survivors bad enough, that a transnational movement started to take shape.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Luckily for Lewan, no one was injured, but a disgusted Lewan threw his hat to the field and punished himself with pushups.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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The same movie played out in front of a disgusted fanbase that had seen it so many times before.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Imagine being so bored with Antarctica and the Arctic Circle that someone feels the need to seek out an itinerary with hidden gems.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 June 2025
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David Faris: While the president sat, visibly bored at the preposterous military parade unsubtly scheduled for his birthday, Americans participated in one of the largest mass protests in our history.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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