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sick

/ˈsɪk/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Sick means: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function.

Synonyms for sick74

verb, as in eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

adjective, as in affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

ill, afflicted, stricken, aguish, ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy, airsick, air sick
and 11 more, carsick, seasick, autistic, bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed, bilious, liverish, livery, bronchitic

adjective, as in affected with madness or insanity

brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, unbalanced, unhinged, insane

adjective, as in shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, alarming

adjective, as in feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sickish, ill

adjective, as in having a strong distaste from surfeit

disgusted, fed up, sick of, tired of, displeased

adjective, as in (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

pale, pallid, wan, weak

adjective, as in deeply affected by a strong feeling

moved, affected, stirred, touched

What does sick mean?9

adjective

1

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function“ill from the monotony of his suffering”

2

affected with madness or insanity“a man who had gone mad”

3

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror“ghastly wounds”

4

feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

5

having a strong distaste from surfeit“grew more and more disgusted”

6

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble“the pale light of a half moon”

7

deeply affected by a strong feeling“sat completely still, sick with envy”

verb

1

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth“After drinking too much, the students vomited”

noun

1

people who are sick“they devote their lives to caring for the sick”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sick?22

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 22 rhymes for sick, grouped by syllable

Sick in a sentence

  • Kate must be sick, for she looks pale.unknown
  • Because my mother is sick, my father will cook today.CM
  • Halfway through the lecture, she began to feel sick.CM
  • Young as she was, she devotedly attended on her sick grandmother.unknown
  • He was sick, so he did not go out.CK
  • He said he was sick, which was a lie.unknown
  • She said she was sick yesterday, which was not true.CK
  • She was very well before lunch, but felt sick afterward.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sick

as a verb

third-person singular
sicks
present participle
sicking
past participle
sicked
past tense
sicked

as a adjective

comparative
sicker
superlative
sickest