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sickness

/ˈsɪknɪs/noun2 syllables

Sickness means: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.

Synonyms for sickness11

noun, as in impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

illness, unwellness, malady

noun, as in the state that precedes vomiting

nausea

also used for sickness

disease, disorder, ailment, infirmity, affliction, coath, complaint

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What does sickness mean?3

noun

1

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

2

the state that precedes vomiting

3

defectiveness or unsoundness“drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sickness?1

two syllables

thickness
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Sickness in a sentence

  • Their sickness, they are the only ones afflicted by it.anzart
  • After her sickness, she's only a shadow of her former self.unknown
  • Her sickness, she is the only one afflicted by it.anzart
  • No matter how bad it gets, she won't die of that kind of sickness.CK
  • There has been a lot of sickness in my family this winter.CK
  • I dread being afflicted by that dangerous sickness.anzart
  • I'd like some motion sickness medicine for children.Fukuko
  • Ziri spent another month recovering from his sickness.Amastan

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Forms of sickness

as a noun

plural
sicknesses