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
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal health officials estimate that nearly 48 million people are sickened by food contaminated with harmful germs each year.
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Christine Fiorentino, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
Campbell’s national influence and his decades of work with children sickened his accusers, who tracked his ascent from afar.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Cats, too, can get sickened by eating mistletoe, and like with dogs, the European variety is especially dangerous, says Penn State.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
An outbreak of mushroom poisoning that left one person dead and sickened 20 others has prompted an advisory from the California Département of Public Health (CDPH) warning foragers in the Golden State about the risk of consuming wild mushrooms.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
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Christine Fiorentino, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
Campbell’s national influence and his decades of work with children sickened his accusers, who tracked his ascent from afar.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Cats, too, can get sickened by eating mistletoe, and like with dogs, the European variety is especially dangerous, says Penn State.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
An outbreak of mushroom poisoning that left one person dead and sickened 20 others has prompted an advisory from the California Département of Public Health (CDPH) warning foragers in the Golden State about the risk of consuming wild mushrooms.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
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In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of English and French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by cheese.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who believes that our access to essential medicines should be based on science, not political ideology, should be disgusted by these legal attacks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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Jefferson—the original originalist—would have been appalled at some of our recent Supreme Court decisions.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Around 2024, their mass torts business began booming, starting with the landfill lawsuits, in which the firm accused the operators of recklessly allowing nauseating odors.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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Alcohol can lower blood glucose because your liver is busy metabolizing alcohol instead of maintaining your blood sugar, leaving you feeling shaky, weak, or nauseated.—
Ciara Lucas,
SELF,
30 Dec. 2025
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Passengers aboard a taxiing aircraft were reportedly left horrified last month when chilling screams suddenly echoed from beneath the cabin just moments before takeoff.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Stillwater resident Nick Gorski said his father, a World War II veteran who fought in Northern Italy with the 10th Mountain Brigade, would be horrified by what is happening today.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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