sickened 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body the sickened passengers were rushed to the emergency room for treatment

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as in shocked
filled with disgust many audience members, sickened by the movie's graphic violence, walked out of the theater before the end

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sickened

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verb

past tense of sicken
as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river

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Recent Examples of sickened
Adjective
The sickened babies were in California, Washington and Pennsylvania, according to the FDA notice. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 June 2026 The woman is now being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press and France 24. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
In July, Taylor Farms de Mexico recalled all iceberg lettuce sourced in Mexico from 27 states following a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 18,445 people since the beginning of May. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer. — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The tally of people sickened in the outbreak by the parasite cyclospora is now 11,458, the FDA said, up from about 10,900 reported last week. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The company has also been challenged by a cyclosporiasis outbreak this summer, which sickened more than 10,000 consumers and was blamed for depressed lettuce sales. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 Salmonella linked to jalapeños sickened at least 345 people in 27 states, including North Carolina, according to the CDC. — Eva Flowe august 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026 They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 The nation became both fascinated and sickened with the case during the nine-month trial that ensued, which resulted in Manson being sentenced to death in 1971 for conspiracy to commit the grisly murders. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 So far, this outbreak’s official numbers are 345 people sickened across 27 states with 36 hospitalizations. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickened
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. disgusted
  4. bad
  5. repulsed
  6. poorly
  7. appalled
  8. horrified
Adjective
  • As the years go by, babies are born, parents get sick and die, careers are started then ended, wives and husbands are thwarted, and, eventually, sheets are strewn and booties are tapped.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Last August, more than 360 people recently got sick after eating free MBG school lunches in Sragen, Central Java.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • The man who was shocked was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with life-threatening injuries.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But something fascinating was happening behind the scenes, coinciding with the disaster that had sent Olin overseas and left her bandmates, Augustin and Nathan Slone — located in New York City — shocked.
    — Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shocked
Verb
  • Decent law-abiding Israelis living in Judea/Samaria are also disgusted by behavior of the few who violate civil law & Torah by violence & lawlessness.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of disgusted
Adjective
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg, then a studio executive at Paramount Pictures, hand-picked the Happy Days star for the job, but at the time, Winkler had a bad feeling about accepting it.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • How many of us make things worse More seasoned Internet users—a fair number who read this site—are quick to dismiss the attack.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bad
Verb
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Adjective
  • For however poorly things are going — and the bad tone set by the starters has leaked into some defensive lapses and some pressing at the plate — the Padres got themselves into a really favorable position before this.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.
    — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Definition of poorly
Verb
  • While some praised Galliano’s immeasurable talent as a fashion designer, others were appalled by the choice, given his previous offenses and the rise of antisemitic attacks in New York City and internationally.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Her supporters and longtime Christian collaborators are appalled by the backlash.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of appalled
Verb
  • Dozens of content creators, like Food Beast and Costco New Deals, rushed to share the find with their followers, who were either amused, horrified or both.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • She’s rushed to hospital with serious injuries and Anna is horrified to learn from doctors that her daughter is at risk of losing a leg.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of horrified

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