sick

Speech parts

1. sick - Noun

2. sick - Adjective

3. sick - Verb

5. sick - Adjective Satellite

6. Sick - Proper noun

Meaning

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.

Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.

Sickness.

To fall sick; to sicken.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ill weak ailing diseased nauseous indisposed queasy disgusted nauseated fed up chuck honk mad cast pale
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Antonyms

hardy hale well good sound strong
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Hypernyms

people pass eliminate excrete egest

Phrases with the word

sick as a dog I'm sick sick to the back teeth on the sick nail sick on long-term sick

Examples

If we do not pray for the sick, the illness will progress naturally. Whereas, if we pray for them, it can alter its natural course. Therefore, always pray for the sick. Paisios of Mount Athos

I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one. Euripides

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

You inherit from the dead, not from the sick. African Congo Proverb

It's better that it should make you sick than that you don't eat it at all. Catalan Proverb

The sick man is free to say all. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sicilienne Sicily sicistine sick and tired sick and twisted sick as a cat