sick

¹sick

adj \ˈsik\

Definition of SICK

1

a (1) : affected with disease or ill health : ailing (2) : of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness <sick pay> <a sick ward> b : queasy, nauseated <sick to one's stomach> <was sick in the car> c : undergoing menstruation

2

: spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt

3

a : sickened by strong emotion <sick with fear> <worried sick> b : having a strong distaste from surfeit : satiated <sick of flattery> c : filled with disgust or chagrin <gossip makes me sick> d : depressed and longing for something <sick for one's home>

4

a : mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered : morbid <sick thoughts> b : highly distasteful : macabre, sadistic <sick jokes> <a sick crime>

5

: lacking vigor : sickly: as a : badly outclassed <made the competition look sick> b : incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop <sick soils>

— sick·ly adverb

Examples of SICK

1. He is at home sick in bed.
2. She is sick with the flu.
3. I'm too sick to go to work.
4. The medicine just made me sicker.
5. The sickest patients are in intensive care.
6. My poor rosebush looks sick.
7. She has been on the sick list all week.
8. The way they treat people makes me sick.

Origin of SICK

Middle English sek, sik, from Old English sēoc; akin to Old High German sioh sick

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to SICK

Synonyms: ailing, bad, down, ill, indisposed, peaked, peaky, poorly, punk, run-down, sickened, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, out of sorts, under the weather

Antonyms: hale, healthful, healthy, sound, well, whole, wholesome

Related Words: symptomatic; cruddy, lousy, seedy, sickish; nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), squeamish; airsick, carsick, seasick; dizzy, light-headed, shaky, woozy; achy, feverish; diseased, disordered; decrepit, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, weak, weakly; afflicted, troubled; challenged, debilitated, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame; hypochondriac, hypochondriacal

Near Antonyms: able-bodied, conditioned, fit, well-conditioned; cured; better, convalescing, improved, mending, recovering, recuperating, rehabilitated; hardy, hearty, lusty, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, tough; blooming, bouncing, chipper, flourishing, flush, thriving

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Rhymes with SICK

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick