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
Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
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Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Salmonella is a genus of bacteria that can sicken humans.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Listeria sickens about 1,250 Americans every year and causes approximately 172 deaths.
—News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The illness spreads through the tribe, sickening one of its leaders and creating division and disorder.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Salmonella is a genus of bacteria that can sicken humans.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Listeria sickens about 1,250 Americans every year and causes approximately 172 deaths.
—News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The illness spreads through the tribe, sickening one of its leaders and creating division and disorder.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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They are hurt and they are harmed by the article, and also they are disgusted by some of the things that were said in the article.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike Jones, who has not been charged with any crime — disgusting as his texts are — James Is under federal indictment for mortgage and bank fraud.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Carol is repulsed by how regressive this sounds and nearly loses her temper for an alien-shaking third time in the episode.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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This is a movie designed to repulse as much attract, and one in which its sheer messiness, its chaos-Muppet energy and its mania gets you uncomfortably close to its unraveling main character’s mindset.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fox News Digital columnist Hugh Hewitt writes that all Americans should be shocked and appalled at the return of antisemitism.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Roberts’s initial statement, delivered in a video posted to social media, appalled a large part of the political right, which has sought to distance itself from Fuentes.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
3 Nov. 2025
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Leone’s creation has gained a substantial cult following thanks to its throwback grindhouse aesthetics, nauseating practical effects, and unapologetic brutality.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Akira luxuriates in the scene’s nauseating sounds, and the visual transformation is almost tactile.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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Maia’s horrified to realize that the bag was stolen; Tallulah’s mostly just annoyed she got caught.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The people who owned the land were horrified to think of our sleeping outside in the cold.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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