sickishness

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Noun
  • Perfecting the art of malaise Watching MJ Lenderman at the Salt Shed yesterday was to be reminded of the curious power of exhaustion.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • All of this might easily nudge me into a morning malaise.
    Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • But then there are the rare illnesses that produce truly violent forces.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • No chronic illness, no prescription medications, normal blood work and all that in my physical exams.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Do control the Asian psyllid insects with an insecticide spray at each flush of growth to prevent the spread of greening disease.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • After Yang was found, Police thanked those who assisted in the search for the missing man, who also has Parkinson’s disease.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.
    Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Remember the symptoms of heat exhaustion In extreme cases, intense heat can lead to sickness as your body struggles to regulate its temperature.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • There’s a cultural sickness at the heart of this — the tendency to mistake charisma for character, proximity for integrity, success for safety.
    Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Certain health conditions: Endocrine disorders like thyroid dysfunction, GI conditions that limit your ability to absorb nutrients, autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, and various cancers can also do a number on your bones.
    Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 June 2025
  • And when the pressure’s on, those perks won’t protect your company from internal dysfunction or a surge of people leaving for greener pastures.
    Greg Dolan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, Mamdani’s victory is likely to go down as one of the most stunning upsets in recent history.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
  • That’s where normalcy stopped, as the first day of action brought us one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tour.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • In a world where ordinary systems wind down toward greater disorder (the second law of thermodynamics), Ilya Prigogine was taken by the question of how life keeps winding up.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In August 2022, Dion disclosed her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome (SPS) — a neurological disorder that impacts muscle control and can cause debilitating spasms.
    Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 27 June 2025
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“Sickishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickishness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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