as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
Travel: More than 230 passengers and crew members have been sickened with norovirus during a luxury cruise trip from England to the Eastern Caribbean.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Over 200 passengers aboard a Cunard Line ship have been sickened following a norovirus outbreak.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The virus also has reportedly sickened 70 people in the U.S. in the past year, and is known to have caused one death in Louisiana.
—Karen Kucher, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
As a Senate aide early in his career, Zeller investigated a tainted L-tryptophan supplement that killed at least 30 people and sickened thousands in the U.S. in 1989.
—Arthur Allen, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Over 200 passengers aboard a Cunard Line ship have been sickened following a norovirus outbreak.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The virus also has reportedly sickened 70 people in the U.S. in the past year, and is known to have caused one death in Louisiana.
—Karen Kucher, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
As a Senate aide early in his career, Zeller investigated a tainted L-tryptophan supplement that killed at least 30 people and sickened thousands in the U.S. in 1989.
—Arthur Allen, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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Vara, like many of her readers, is both enchanted by the web and disgusted with the companies that control it.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The judge, though disgusted at her antics, still stands firm in his decision to give the prosecution access to those records because the reports about the divorce are still accessible to the jury.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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As Saxon and Lochlan try to decipher what happened between them, we are asked to think about why we’re aroused (or repulsed) by it.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2025
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Even as the Russians massed forces and achieved a three-to-one advantage in troops in Kursk late last year, the Ukrainians held on—deploying mines, drones and artillery to repeatedly repulse Russian mechanized assaults.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Still, there is plenty here that should appall both Democrats and Republicans.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The endgame is unclear as ever The closures are already having a dire impact on Palestinians, with one man telling CNN his children are nauseated and exhausted from the lack of food.—
Kareem Khadder,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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In Hartford, Nettie Parker and two friends said they were horrified by immigrants disappearing off the streets.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Fierce and determined, and then uncertain and horrified by the toll this vital work takes on her personal life, Knightley is at her masterful, understated best.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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