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
Three people were killed and at least 17 were sickened in that outbreak, which led to a large recall this summer.
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Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And at least 8 percent of people sickened by measles this year had gotten one or more doses of the MMR vaccine—living proof that vaccinated people are also at risk when illnesses are given room to maneuver.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
For example, certain grasses contain compounds from endophytes that sicken grazing animals.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
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Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And at least 8 percent of people sickened by measles this year had gotten one or more doses of the MMR vaccine—living proof that vaccinated people are also at risk when illnesses are given room to maneuver.
—Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
For example, certain grasses contain compounds from endophytes that sicken grazing animals.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Calling the mass killing of civilians in Gaza a genocide is contentious as well, but even patriotic Israelis disgusted by their own government have begun to use the term.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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He was repulsed then, but years later, thinking about a man who’d expressed an interest in the human body in the most macabre possible way sparked something in Hunnam.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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After going public together on social media, the pair have elicited strong reactions from people in their comments — some appalled by their age gap and others who quickly jump to their defense.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hollywood leaders were astonished; free speech groups were appalled; and the episode triggered a multi-day news cycle about free speech and corporate capitulation to political pressure.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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When the food came, Jon said he was too nauseated to eat more than a few bites.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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You are nauseated by the smells.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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After his grisly crimes were uncovered, Gein spent his final years in psychiatric confinement far from the farmhouse that once horrified the nation.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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