SICKENED (WITH) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

sickened (with)

verb

past tense of sicken (with)

as in came down (with)

to become affected with (a disease or disorder) a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning

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Iran got 70 million barrels of oil out of the strait in the weeks following its memorandum of understanding with the United States.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026

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Everyone seems to be getting along except for Andriy and Bobby, who are already butting heads with Jude caught in the middle.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
The earliest reefs caught the attention of the North Carolina Division of Commercial Sports and Fisheries in the 1970s, now the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of caught

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Ebola is rare, but highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Captain Ronda Montgomery, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, declined to say which agency has been contracted to investigate Abarca’s allegations.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

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