sick

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"You know what makes me sick to the stomach?

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Quick take

people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sick gathered in one view.

noun

people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

verb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

adjective

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sick.

noun

people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

verb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

See also: vomit, purge, cast, cat, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew

adjective

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

adjective

feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

See also: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sickish

adjective

affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

adjective

having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke"

adjective

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adjective

deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

adjective

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

See also: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre

Example sentences

"You know what makes me sick to the stomach?

The way you take your privilege for granted makes me sick, you selfish bastard!!!

Slightly off topic, but I'm sick of post titles that start with "A Redditor's ...".

I'm so sick of this argument about Mozilla.

"It makes me sick to my stomach as it so transparently preys on the weaknesses like addiction and compulsion.

"I've seen this enough to be sick of it; it seems to be form of the software "everything is just an [easy] problem" mindset gone badly wrong.

I'm sick, sick, sick to death of the president issuing denials while they keep building more and more infrastructure against humanity.

If I'd decided to rape 4chan for all it was worth, as many would have, I'd probably be sitting on a pretty pile money from now, but as someone who has browsed the site daily for the past 10 years, the thought of seeing it littered with ads and other garbage makes my stomach sick.

Welcome to America, where we read your private mail, track all your movements online, shoot your dogs, abuse you at the borders, put antibiotics in your food, bankrupt you when you get sick, throw you in jail with hardened criminals if you smoke a spliff, and drone-execute you with no warrant if the president doesn't like you.