be sick

Verb

Meaning

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chuck honk cast purge vomit regurgitate puke spew disgorge barf retch regorge spue throw up upchuck
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Antonyms

be well be healthy recover from be in the form be fit receive treatment
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Hypernyms

pass eliminate excrete egest

Examples

It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday. Anton Chekhov

A hospital is no place to be sick. Samuel Goldwyn

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. Maurice de Vlaminck

The healthy can't pretend to be sick nor can the sick pretend to be healthy. Sicilian Proverb

It is worse to be sick in the soul than in body. Polish Proverb

Who eats too much, will then be sick. Batabwa Proverb

Close letter words and terms

be shut be shut down be shy be sick as a dog be sick of be sickened by