as in sick
affected with nausea the fumes from the freshly applied paint made her feel sickish

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Adjective
  • Prater has a sick fascination with serial killers, collecting their trophies and even inviting the most notorious of them to gatherings at his mansion.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Today’s daily brief features the Texas governor ordering the arrest and expulsion of fleeing lawmakers, a video on the NYT weaponizing a sick toddler amid the starvation crisis in Gaza, and Israel is considering a plan to expand the war in Gaza.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In a season-one episode, Taylor raised a concrete grate at Homestead 2 and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
  • That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.
    Allison Moses, USA Today, 17 June 2025
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“Sickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickish. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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