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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
the sickened passengers were rushed to the emergency room for treatment
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2
as in shocked
filled with disgust
many audience members, sickened by the movie's graphic violence, walked out of the theater before the end
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sickened
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Fourteen people were sickened in a 2016 outbreak in California.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 18 million people have been sickened so far and that nearly 10,000 people, including 32 children, have died.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
Kansas officials spent seven months trying to control an outbreak that sickened nearly 90 people across 10 counties.
—Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Two whales also washed up on local beaches, sickened by the toxin, a first in Southern California.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
In 2024, two South Bay residents were sickened by the parasite, which can infect the brain, spinal cord and eyes and lead to eye disease and swelling of the brain.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
She was sickened by Good’s death.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026
In October, Member’s Mark supplements sold at Sam’s Club were also recalled due to a salmonella outbreak that sickened 11 people, sending three to the hospital.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
Only 20 of the 789 people sickened with measles received the full two-dose vaccine.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Fourteen people were sickened in a 2016 outbreak in California.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 18 million people have been sickened so far and that nearly 10,000 people, including 32 children, have died.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
Kansas officials spent seven months trying to control an outbreak that sickened nearly 90 people across 10 counties.
—Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Two whales also washed up on local beaches, sickened by the toxin, a first in Southern California.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
In 2024, two South Bay residents were sickened by the parasite, which can infect the brain, spinal cord and eyes and lead to eye disease and swelling of the brain.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
She was sickened by Good’s death.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026
In October, Member’s Mark supplements sold at Sam’s Club were also recalled due to a salmonella outbreak that sickened 11 people, sending three to the hospital.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickened
Adjective
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The rest of us will sit here with Belichick, sick to our stomachs.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Now, the fear is getting sick or stuck far from home.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Bill Belichick was not voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Tuesday, and folks around the NFL are shocked.—
Amos Morale III,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to Rob Shuter, the whole family is shocked.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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She's disgusted by Dismukes' many bobbleheads.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Now, but as the statistics and figures come in here in Minneapolis, there's double-digit drops in crime, coupled with a lot of bad people and bad things being taken off of your streets.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Under President Biden, the FTC and DOJ slowed large transactions, suggesting that all big businesses were bad businesses.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
Adjective
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This fragmented model creates friction and quietly drains profitability through unbilled hours, margin erosion from poorly staffed projects and elevated turnover when top talent hits operational roadblocks.—
DJ Paoni,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For however poorly things are going — and the bad tone set by the starters has leaked into some defensive lapses and some pressing at the plate — the Padres got themselves into a really favorable position before this.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The unconscionable treatment of maids in Alma’s era finds uncomfortable parallels in the 1980s, when Angelika is both appalled and intrigued by the leering looks of her uncle Uwe (Konstantin Lindhorst).—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 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
Verb
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The shredding of the family’s regal aura by Princess Diana, Meghan Markle, and the erstwhile Prince Andrew would have horrified Bagehot.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Painfully aware of his shortcomings, Wallace would have been horrified by his own subsequent beatification.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Sickened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickened. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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