as in lunatic
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
the police suspect a sickie with an obsession for the celebrity
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Recent Examples of sickie
Also in flu news, one of the few medications available might not be right for every sickie, especially healthy children and young adults.
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Editors, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
Editors, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickie
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Finger-pointing is done as the adults bicker over who’s really a psychopath.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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On the madman’s tail is Elena (Giovanna Grigio), an ambitious young journalist who wants to make a name for herself in her boys-club newsroom by finding the psychopath before the cops do.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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True leaders are known for building things, fools for destroying them.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2025
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The mix of Greek mythology, robots and mechanical flying scorpions is a little all over the place, but my son was plenty entertained by Scooby and Shaggy’s ability to act like bumbling fools one minute and brave heroes the next.—
Dina Gachman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
1 Apr. 2025
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That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Texturally, the series is best categorized as a psycho-thriller, but the design of the episodes is never redundant.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2023
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Another summer, another hook-wielding psycho killer — and maybe some familiar faces too.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2023
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Experts credited the surge to buying from the Asian market, and China in particular, telling Newsweek that gold bugs in both the public and private spheres appear to be increasingly banking on the metal's long-term safe-haven status, given the contemporary threats facing global trade.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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More stomach bugs: More than 30 guests, crew sick in Viking cruise gastrointestinal illness outbreak How to avoid getting norovirus Health experts recommend practicing good hygiene.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Sickie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickie. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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