Sick

[sɪk]

Definition

(noun.) people who are sick; 'they devote their lives to caring for the sick'.

(adj.) deeply affected by a strong feeling; 'sat completely still, sick with envy'; 'she was sick with longing' .

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Definition

(superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

(superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

(superl.) Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.

(superl.) Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.

(n.) Sickness.

(v. i.) To fall sick; to sicken.

Typist: Maura

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts.[2]. Nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach.[3]. Disgusted, tired, weary.

Edited by Fergus

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, riling, feeble,morbid, nauseated, disgusted, corrupt, impaired, valetudinarian

ANT:Whole, well, healthy, sound, robust, strong, well-conditioned, salubrious

Editor: Olivia

Definition

adj. affected with disease: ill: inclined to vomit: disgusted: infirm: disordered: pining: depressed: indicating sickness: poor in quality: out of repair.—v.i. (Shak.) to grow sick.—ns. Sick′-bay -berth a compartment on a troop-ship &c. for sick and wounded; Sick′-bed a bed on which a person lies sick.—adj. Sick′-brained mentally deranged.—v.t. Sick′en to make sick: to disgust: to make weary of anything.—v.i. to become sick: to be disgusted: to become disgusting or tedious: to become weakened.—n. Sick′ener any cause of disgust.—adj. Sick′ening causing sickness or disgust loathsome.—n. a scum which forms on the surface of mercury from grease sulphides arsenides &c.—adv. Sick′eningly.—adj. Sick′-fall′en (Shak.) struck down with sickness.—ns. Sick′-flag a yellow flag indicating disease on board a ship; Sick′-head′ache headache accompanied with nausea.—adj. Sick′ish somewhat sick.—adv. Sick′ishly.—ns. Sick′ishness; Sick′-leave leave of absence from duty owing to sickness.—adj. Sick′lied (Shak.) tainted with the hue of sickness or disease.—adv. Sick′lily in a sickly manner.—ns. Sick′liness the state of being sickly or of appearing so; Sick′-list a list containing the names of the sick.—adjs. Sick′-listed entered on the sick-list; Sick′ly inclined to sickness: unhealthy: somewhat sick: weak: languid: producing disease: mawkish: feeble mentally weak.—adv. in a sick manner: feebly.—v.t. (obs.) to make sickly or sickly-looking.—ns. Sick′ness state of being sick disease: disorder of the stomach: an enfeebled state of anything; Sick′-report′ a return regularly made of the state of the sick; Sick′-room a room to which a person is confined by sickness.—adj. Sick′-thought′ed (Shak.) love-sick.

v.t. to set upon chase: to incite to attack.

Editor: Myra