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sick

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sick

1 temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body

  • those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
Synonyms of sick

ailing, bad, down, ill, indisposed, peaked, peaky, poorly, punk, run-down, sickened, unhealthy, unsound, unwell
Words Related to sick

symptomatic

cruddy, lousy, seedy, sickish

nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), squeamish

airsick, carsick, seasick

dizzy, light-headed, shaky, woozy

achy, feverish

diseased, disordered

decrepit, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, weak, weakly

afflicted, troubled

challenged, debilitated, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame

hypochondriac, hypochondriacal
Phrases Synonymous with sick

out of sorts, under the weather
Near Antonyms of sick

able-bodied, conditioned, fit, well-conditioned

cured

better, convalescing, improved, mending, recovering, recuperating, rehabilitated

hardy, hearty, lusty, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, tough

blooming, bouncing, chipper, flourishing, flush, thriving
Antonyms of sick

hale, healthful, healthy, sound, well, whole, wholesome

2 filled with disgust

  • it makes me sick to think of someone hurting a helpless animal
Synonyms of sick

disgusted, nauseated, repelled, repulsed, revolted, shocked, sickened
Words Related to sick

fed up, weary

angered, angry, apoplectic, cheesed off [chiefly British], displeased, enraged, fuming, furious, horn-mad, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irate, livid, mad, outraged, rankled, riled, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steaming, teed off, ticked, upset, worked up, wrought (up)
Near Antonyms of sick

delighted, gratified, pleased, satisfied, thankful, thrilled, tickled

beguiled, bewitched, captivated, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, mesmerized, spellbound

3 affected with nausea

  • the bumpy ride made her sick to her stomach
Synonyms of sick

ill, nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), queer, queerish, sickish, squeamish
Words Related to sick

green, peaked, peaky, sickly

unsettled, upset, woozy
Near Antonyms of sick

settled

healthy, well

4 having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted

  • Iʼm sick of listening to this radio station
Synonyms of sick

bored, fed up, jaded, sick and tired, tired, wearied, weary
Words Related to sick

apathetic, disinterested, uninterested

glutted, sated, satiated, surfeited

dejected, demoralized, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited

beat, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, done in, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, limp, played out, tuckered (out), worn-out

annoyed, exasperated, frustrated, irritated

disgusted, nauseated, repulsed

blasé (also blase), world-weary
Near Antonyms of sick

animated, energized, enlivened, excited, galvanized, invigorated, stimulated, vitalized

amused, entertained

beguiled, bewitched, captivated, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized

delighted, pleased, thrilled
Antonyms of sick

absorbed, engaged, engrossed, interested, intrigued, rapt

5 having or showing lowered moral character or standards

  • some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such books
Synonyms of sick

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, unclean, unwholesome, warped
Words Related to sick

bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
Near Antonyms of sick

incorruptible

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous
Antonyms of sick

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

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