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
In one of the most egregious examples, six infants died and some 300,000 others were sickened by milk powder formula containing the toxic industrial chemical melamine.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
At the time of the press release, officials in San Diego County had identified nine residents who had been sickened in the outbreak.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2025
Current township trustee Kris Weisner said in a statement he was sickened by how much money was used for personal reasons.
—Matthew Cupelli, IndyStar, 23 July 2025
Further south, thousands of marine animals have been sickened by an unprecedented toxic algae bloom that has overrun the Southern California coasts.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 July 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
At the time of the press release, officials in San Diego County had identified nine residents who had been sickened in the outbreak.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2025
Current township trustee Kris Weisner said in a statement he was sickened by how much money was used for personal reasons.
—Matthew Cupelli, IndyStar, 23 July 2025
Further south, thousands of marine animals have been sickened by an unprecedented toxic algae bloom that has overrun the Southern California coasts.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
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So the Chargers circled back to San Diego, winners on the books but still losers to a pocket of former fans disgusted by their exit.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Working-class voters grew disenchanted with, and then disgusted by, elite, wealthy liberals.—
Michael Catanzaro,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 July 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
Verb
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Spielberg imagined it as a noise that has the power to appall.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 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
Verb
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The smell of citrus may be soothing when you're nauseated.—
Health,
Health,
4 July 2025
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She would get nauseated even thinking about going on stage.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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If denim ad copy is aimed at reflecting America back to itself, some were certainly horrified by their reflection.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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The murders horrified the nation, resulting in numerous documentaries attempting to unspool the strange and unsettling tragedy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 July 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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