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 Georgia investigators, White had been suicidal, and believed that COVID‑19 vaccines were part of a conspiracy to sicken him and other Americans.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
In the past three months, California has seen a sudden uptick in the number of people becoming sickened and dying after accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms found in the wild.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
An outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border that began in August of last year is ongoing and has sickened nearly 240 people in Arizona, according to the state's health department.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Ongoing outbreaks in Utah and Arizona have sickened at least 505 so far, according to reports from those states’ health departments.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
In the past three months, California has seen a sudden uptick in the number of people becoming sickened and dying after accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms found in the wild.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
An outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border that began in August of last year is ongoing and has sickened nearly 240 people in Arizona, according to the state's health department.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Ongoing outbreaks in Utah and Arizona have sickened at least 505 so far, according to reports from those states’ health departments.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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Pelicot is disgusted by the question.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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But what are the limits to how much an advertiser might want to make their audience feel uncomfortable or disgusted?—
Ralph Jones,
HubSpot,
20 Feb. 2026
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Charlie, though, is trying to keep them out of a country that thoroughly repulses him.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Critics were divided, audiences were entertained, TV executives and Beale’s IRL equivalents were appalled, Oscar voters were enthralled.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Starkly depicting such abuses as force-feeding, strip-searching, and staff bullying, the movie appalled audiences on its release, and the State of Massachusetts quickly banned it from being shown publicly for more than twenty years.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Feb. 2026
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At times, she would get nauseated before races.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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The scale of it was absurd and nauseating.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2026
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On ‘Redux Redux,’ she’d be getting dragged through the dirt screaming, and everyone else on the set was horrified.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2026
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Berman and other staffers are horrified by its vampiric presence, especially since the real George is completely unknown to most people under the age of 35, leaving Kennedy’s legacy forgotten.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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