The Wordsmith Dictionary

Sick, a. [Compar. Sicker; superl. Sickest.] Etym: [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. seóc; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill. ]

1. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness. Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. Mark i. 3 . Behold them that are sick with famine. Jer. xiv. 18.

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

3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery. He was not so sick of his master as of his work. L'Estrange.

4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. Fuller. Sick bay (Naut. ), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital. -- Sick bed, the bed upon which a person lies sick. -- Sick berth, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war. -- Sick headache (Med. ), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea. -- Sick list, a list containing the names of the sick. -- Sick room, a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness.

Note: [These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc. , are also written both hyphened and solid. ]

Syn. -- Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.

SICK

SICK Sick, n.

Defn: Sickness. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

SICK

SICK Sick, v. i.

Defn: To fall sick; to sicken. [Obs. ] Shak.

SICK-BRAINED

SICK-BRAINED Sick "-brained `, a.

Defn: Disordered in the brain.

SICKEN

Sick "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening. ]

1. To make sick; to disease. Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior.

2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.

3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs. ] Shak.

SICKEN

SICKEN Sick "en, v. i.

1. To become sick; to fall into disease. The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon.

2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.

3. To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.

4. To become weak; to decay; to languish. All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.

SICKENING

SICKENING Sick "en *ing, a.

Defn: Causing sickness; specif. , causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- Sick "en *ing *ly, adv.

SICKER

Sick "er, v. i. Etym: [AS. sicerian.] (Mining )

Defn: To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng. ]

SICKER; SIKER

Sick "er, Sik "er, a. Etym: [OE. siker; cf. OS. sikur, LG. seker, D.zeker, Dan. sikker, OHG. sihhur, G. sicher; all fr. L. securus. See Secure, Sure. ]

Defn: Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Burns. When he is siker of his good name. Chaucer.

SICKER; SIKER

SICKER; SIKER Sick "er, Sik "er, adv.

Defn: Surely; certainly. [Obs. ] Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer. Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.

SICKERLY; SIKERLY

SICKERLY; SIKERLY Sick "er *ly, Sik "er *ly, adv.

Defn: Surely; securely. [Obs. ] But sikerly, withouten any fable. Chaucer.

SICKERNESS; SIKERNESS

SICKERNESS; SIKERNESS Sick "er *ness, Sik "er *ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being sicker, or certain. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser.

SICKISH

SICKISH Sick "ish, a.

1. Somewhat sick or diseased.

2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste. -- Sick "ish *ly, adv. -- Sick "ish *ness, n.

SICKLE

Sic "kle, n. Etym: [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G.sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting instrument. ]

1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. Sickle pod (Bot. ), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis ) having very long curved pods.

SICKLEBILL

SICKLEBILL Sic "kle *bill `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b ) A curlew. (c ) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

SICKLED

SICKLED Sic "kled, a.

Defn: Furnished with a sickle.

SICKLEMAN

Sic "kle *man, n.; pl. Sicklemen (.

Defn: One who uses a sickle; a reaper. You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak.

SICKLER

SICKLER Sic "kler, n.

Defn: One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

SICKLESS

SICKLESS Sick "less, a.

Defn: Free from sickness. [R.] Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.

SICKLEWORT

Sic "kle *wort `, n. Etym: [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot. )(a ) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides ); -- so named from its curved pods. (b ) The healall (Brunella vulgaris ).

SICKLIED

SICKLIED Sick "lied, a.

Defn: Made sickly. See Sickly, v.

SICKLINESS

SICKLINESS Sick "li *ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being sickly.

SICKLY

Sick "ly, a. [Compar. Sicklier; superl. Sickliest.]

1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak.

2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Cowper.

3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden. Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. Keble.

4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.

Syn. -- Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint.

SICKLY

SICKLY Sick "ly, adv.

Defn: In a sick manner or condition; ill. My people sickly [with ill will ] beareth our marriage. Chaucer.

SICKLY

SICKLY Sick "ly, v. t.

Defn: To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. [R.] Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak. Sentiments sicklied over. .. with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. Jeffrey.

SICKNESS

Sick "ness, n. Etym: [AS. seócness.]

1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope.

2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

Syn. -- Illness; disease; malady. See Illness.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sick

sick 1 |sik sɪk | ▶adjective 1 affected by physical or mental illness: nursing very sick children | we were sick with bronchitis | (as plural noun the sick ) : visiting the sick and the elderly. • of or relating to those who are ill: the company organized a sick fund for its workers. • (of an organization, system, or society ) suffering from serious problems, esp. of a financial nature: their economy remains sick. • archaic pining or longing for someone or something: he was sick for a sight of her. 2 [ predic. ] feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit: he was starting to feel sick | Mark felt sick with fear. • [ attrib. ] (of an emotion ) so intense as to cause one to feel unwell or nauseous: he had a sick fear of returning. • informal disappointed, mortified, or miserable: he looked pretty sick at that, but he eventually agreed. 3 [ predic. ] (sick of ) intensely annoyed with or bored by (someone or something ) as a result of having had too much of them: I'm absolutely sick of your moods. 4 informal (esp. of humor ) having something unpleasant such as death, illness, or misfortune as its subject and dealing with it in an offensive way: this was someone's idea of a sick joke. • (of a person ) having abnormal or unnatural tendencies; perverted: he is a deeply sick man from whom society needs to be protected. 5 informal excellent. ▶noun Brit. informal vomit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (sick something up ) Brit. informal bring something up by vomiting. PHRASES be sick 1 be ill. 2 vomit. fall (or take ) sick become ill. get sick 1 become ill. 2 vomit. make someone sick cause someone to vomit or feel nauseous or unwell: sherry makes me sick and so do cigars. • cause someone to feel intense annoyance or disgust: you're so damned self-righteous you make me sick! —— oneself sick do something to such an extent that one feels nauseous or unwell (often used for emphasis ): she was worrying herself sick about Mike. sick and tired of informal annoyed about or bored with (something ) and unwilling to put up with it any longer: I am sick and tired of all the criticism. ( as ) sick as a dog informal extremely ill. ( as ) sick as a parrot Brit. informal extremely disappointed. the sick man of —— a country that is politically or economically unsound, esp. in comparison with its neighbors in the region specified: the country had been the sick man of Europe for too long. [from a use of sick man, frequently applied in the late 19th cent. to the Sultan of Turkey, later extended to Turkey and other countries. ] sick to death of informal another way of saying sick and tired of above. sick to one's stomach nauseous. • disgusted. DERIVATIVES sick ish adjective ORIGIN Old English sēoc ‘affected by illness, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech . word trends: A common trick of slang is to invert meanings, so that seemingly negative words are used as terms of approval — bad and wicked are two established examples, with positive uses dating back to 1897 and 1920, respectively. Sick is a more recent arrival, first seen as a synonym for ‘excellent ’ or ‘very impressive ’ in 1983: it was a sick party and there were tons of cool people there. It is particularly common in skateboard and snowboard culture, where it can be used to imply an element of risk and danger: Shawn is a badass skater. He busts some sick tricks.

sick

sick 2 |sɪk sik | ▶verb variant of sic 2.

sick bag

sick bag ▶noun a paper bag provided in an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit.

sickbay

sick bay |ˈsikˌbā ˈsɪkˌbeɪ |(also sick bay ) ▶noun a room or building set aside for the treatment or accommodation of the sick, esp. within a military base or on board a ship.

sickbed

sick bed |ˈsikˌbed ˈsɪkˌbɛd | ▶noun an invalid's bed (often used to refer to the state or condition of being an invalid ): he had climbed from his sickbed to help the club.

sick building syndrome

sick build ing syn drome ▶noun a condition affecting office workers, typically marked by headaches and respiratory problems, attributed to unhealthy or stressful factors in the working environment such as poor ventilation.

sick call

sick call ▶noun 1 a visit to a sick person, typically one made by a doctor or priest. 2 Military a summons for those reporting sick to attend for treatment.

sick day

sick day ▶noun a day taken off from work because of illness.

sicken

sick en |ˈsikən ˈsɪkən | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] make (someone ) feel disgusted or appalled: she was sickened by the bomb attack. • [ no obj. ] archaic feel disgust or horror: he sickened at the thought. 2 [ no obj. ] become ill: Dawson sickened unexpectedly and died in 1916.

sickener

sick en er |ˈsikənər ˈsɪk (ə )nər | ▶noun 1 informal something that causes disgust or severe disappointment. 2 (the sickener ) a poisonous toadstool with a red cap and a white or cream-colored stem and gills, found commonly in both Eurasia and North America. [Genus Russula, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes, in particular R. emetica. ]

sickening

sick en ing |ˈsikəniNG ˈsɪk (ə )nɪŋ | ▶adjective causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust: a sickening stench of blood | she hit the ground with a sickening thud. • informal causing irritation or annoyance. DERIVATIVES sick en ing ly adverb

Sickert, Walter Richard

Sickert, Walter Richard |ˈsɪkət | (1860 –1942 ), British painter, of Danish and Anglo-Irish descent. His subjects are mainly urban scenes and figure compositions, particularly pictures of the theatre and music hall, and drab domestic interiors.

sick headache

sick head ache |sɪk ˈhɛdˌeɪk | ▶noun a headache accompanied by nausea, particularly a migraine.

sickie

sick ie |ˈsikē ˈsɪki | ▶noun informal another term for sicko.

sickle

sick le |ˈsikəl ˈsɪkəl | ▶noun a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming. ORIGIN Old English sicol, sicel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sikkel and German Sichel, based on Latin secula, from secare ‘to cut. ’

sick leave

sick leave |ˈsɪk ˌliv | ▶noun leave of absence granted because of illness.

sicklebill

sick le bill |ˈsikəlˌbil ˈsɪkəlbɪl | ▶noun any of a number of birds with a long narrow down-curved bill. [● a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species ). ● a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae ).]

sickle cell anemia

sick le cell a ne mi a |ˈsikəl sel əˈnēmēə ˌsɪkəl sɛl əˈnimiə |(also sickle cell disease ) ▶noun a severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is most common among those of African descent.

sickle cell trait

sick le cell trait ▶noun a relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle cell anemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal hemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

sickle feather

sick le feath er ▶noun each of the long middle feathers of a rooster's tail.

sick list

sick list ▶noun a list, esp. in the military, of people who are ill and unable to work.

sickly

sick ly |ˈsiklē ˈsɪkli | ▶adjective ( sicklier, sickliest ) 1 often ill; in poor health: she was a thin, sickly child. • (of a person's complexion or expression ) indicative of poor health: his usual sickly pallor. • literary (of a place, climate, or time ) causing or characterized by unhealthiness: a deep sickly vaporous swamp. 2 (of a flavor, smell, color, or light ) so unpleasant as to induce discomfort or nausea: the walls were painted a sickly green | she liked her coffee sweet and sickly. • excessively sentimental or mawkish: a sickly fable of delicate young lovers. DERIVATIVES sick li ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: probably suggested by Old Norse sjúkligr.

sick-making

sick-mak ing |ˈsɪk ˌmeɪkɪŋ | ▶adjective informal nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking: a sick-making stench. • overly sentimental, coy, or trite.

sickness

sick ness |ˈsiknis ˈsɪknɪs | ▶noun 1 the state of being ill: she was absent through sickness. • [ often with adj. or noun modifier ] a particular type of illness or disease: botulism causes fodder sickness of horses | a woman suffering an incurable sickness. 2 the feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting: she felt a wave of sickness wash over her | travel sickness. ORIGIN Old English sēocnesse (see sick 1, -ness ).

sickness benefit

sick |ness bene |fit ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) benefit paid weekly by the state to an individual for sickness which interrupts paid employment.

sick note

sick note ▶noun a note to be given to an employer, teacher, or person in authority confirming that an absence was due to sickness.

sick nurse

sick nurse ▶noun dated a nurse who looks after the sick and infirm (as distinct from a children's nurse ).

sicko

sick o |ˈsikō ˈsɪkoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. sickos ) informal a mentally ill or perverted person, esp. one who is sadistic.

sickout

sick out |ˈsik ˌout ˈsɪk ˌaʊt | ▶noun informal an organized period of unwarranted sick leave taken as a form of group protest, usually as a measure to avoid a formal strike.

sick pay

sick pay ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. pay given to an employee on sick leave.

sickroom

sick room |ˈsikˌro͞om ˈsɪkˌrum ˈsɪkˌrʊm | ▶noun a room in a school or place of work occupied by or set apart for people who are unwell.

sick ticket

sick tick et ▶noun humorous a person with an affinity for sick humor: you'd have to be a sick ticket to eat candy called “gummy rats.”

Oxford Dictionary

sick

sick 1 |sɪk | ▶adjective 1 affected by physical or mental illness: nursing very sick children | half my staff were off sick | (as plural noun the sick ) : visiting the sick and the elderly. • relating to those who are ill: the company organized a sick fund for its workers. • (of an organization, system, or society ) suffering from serious problems: the British economy remains sick. 2 [ predic. ] feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit: he was starting to feel sick | Mark felt sick with fear. • [ attrib. ] (of an emotion ) so intense as to cause one to feel unwell or nauseous: he had a sick fear of returning. • informal disappointed, mortified, or miserable: he looked pretty sick at that, but he eventually agreed. • archaic pining or longing for someone or something: he was sick for a sight of her. 3 (sick of ) intensely annoyed with or bored by (someone or something ) as a result of having had too much of them: I'm absolutely sick of your moods. 4 informal (especially of humour ) having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject and dealing with it in an offensive way: this was someone's idea of a sick joke. • (of a person ) having abnormal or unnatural tendencies; perverted: he is a deeply sick man from whom society needs to be protected. 5 informal excellent. ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal vomit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (sick something up ) Brit. informal bring something up by vomiting. PHRASES be sick 1 be ill. 2 Brit. vomit. get sick 1 be ill. 2 N. Amer. vomit. make someone sick cause someone to vomit or feel nauseous or unwell. • cause someone to feel intense annoyance or disgust: you're so damned self-righteous you make me sick! —— oneself sick do something to such an extent that one feels nauseous or unwell (often used for emphasis ): she was worrying herself sick about Mike. on the sick Brit. informal receiving sickness benefit. sick and tired of informal annoyed about or bored with (someone or something ) and unwilling to put up with them any longer: I am sick and tired of all the criticism. ( as ) sick as a dog informal extremely ill. ( as ) sick as a parrot Brit. informal extremely disappointed. the sick man of —— a country that is politically or economically unsound, especially in comparison with its neighbours: the country had been the sick man of Europe for too long. [applied in the late 19th cent. to the Sultan of Turkey, later extended to Turkey and other countries. ] sick to death of informal another way of saying sick and tired of above. sick to one's stomach nauseous. • disgusted. DERIVATIVES sickish adjective ORIGIN Old English sēoc ‘affected by illness ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech . word trends: A common trick of slang is to invert meanings, so that seemingly negative words are used as terms of approval — bad and wicked are two established examples, with positive uses dating back to 1897 and 1920 respectively. Sick is a more recent arrival, first seen as a US synonym for ‘excellent ’ or ‘very impressive ’ in 1983: it was a sick party and there were tons of cool people there. It is particularly common in skateboard and snowboard culture, where it can be used to imply an element of risk and danger: Shawn is a badass skater. He busts some sick tricks.

sick

sick 2 |sɪk |(also sic ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] (sick something on ) set a dog on: the plan was to surprise the heck out of the grizzly by sicking the dog on him. • (sick someone on ) informal set someone to pursue, keep watch on, or accompany (another ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: dialect variant of seek .

sick bag

sick bag ▶noun a paper bag provided in an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit.

sickbay

sick |bay |ˈsɪkbeɪ | ▶noun a room or building set aside for the treatment or accommodation of the sick, especially within a military base, ship, or school.

sickbed

sick |bed |ˈsɪkbɛd | ▶noun an invalid's bed (often used to refer to the state or condition of being an invalid ): he had climbed from his sickbed to help the club.

sick benefit

sick bene |fit ▶noun informal short for sickness benefit.

sick building syndrome

sick build |ing syn |drome ▶noun [ mass noun ] a condition affecting office workers, typically marked by headaches and respiratory problems, attributed to unhealthy or stressful factors in the working environment such as poor ventilation.

sick call

sick call ▶noun 1 a visit to a sick person, typically one made by a doctor or priest. 2 Military a summons for those reporting sick to attend for treatment.

sick day

sick day ▶noun a day taken off from work because of illness.

sicken

sick ¦en |ˈsɪk (ə )n | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] make (someone ) feel disgusted or appalled: she was sickened by the bomb attack. • [ no obj. ] archaic feel disgust or horror: he sickened at the thought. 2 [ no obj. ] become ill: Dawson sickened unexpectedly and died in 1916. • (sicken for ) begin to show symptoms of (a particular illness ): I hope I'm not sickening for a cold.

sickener

sick |en ¦er |ˈsɪk (ə )nə | ▶noun 1 informal something which causes disgust or severe disappointment. 2 (the sickener ) a poisonous toadstool with a red cap and a white or cream-coloured stem and gills, found in both Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Russula, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes, in particular R. emetica.

sickening

sick ¦en |ing |ˈsɪkənɪŋ | ▶adjective causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust: a sickening stench of blood | she hit the ground with a sickening thud. • informal causing great annoyance or disappointment. DERIVATIVES sickeningly adverb

Sickert, Walter Richard

sick headache

sick head |ache ▶noun a headache accompanied by nausea, particularly a migraine.

sickie

sickie |ˈsɪki | ▶noun informal 1 Brit. a day taken as sick leave when one is not actually ill: she took a sickie only last week and enjoyed a morning in bed. 2 another word for sicko.

sickle

sickle |ˈsɪk (ə )l | ▶noun a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting corn, lopping, or trimming. ORIGIN Old English sicol, sicel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sikkel and German Sichel, based on Latin secula, from secare ‘to cut ’.

sick leave

sick leave ▶noun [ mass noun ] leave of absence granted because of illness.

sicklebill

sickle |bill ▶noun any of a number of birds with a long, narrow downcurved bill: ● a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species ). ● a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae ).

sickle-cell anaemia

sickle-cell anaemia (also sickle-cell disease ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a severe hereditary form of anaemia in which a mutated form of haemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is commonest among those of African descent.

sickle-cell trait

sickle-cell trait ▶noun [ mass noun ] a relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle-cell anaemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal haemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

sickle feather

sickle fea ¦ther ▶noun each of the long middle feathers of a cock's tail.

sick list

sick list ▶noun a list, especially in the army or navy, of people who are ill and unable to work.

sickly

sick ¦ly |ˈsɪkli | ▶adjective ( sicklier, sickliest ) 1 often ill; in poor health: she was a thin, sickly child. • (of a person's complexion or expression ) indicative of poor health: his usual sickly pallor. • literary (of a place or climate ) causing or characterized by unhealthiness: a sickly vaporous swamp. 2 (of a flavour, smell, colour, etc. ) unpleasant in a way that induces discomfort or nausea: the walls were painted a sickly green | she liked her coffee sweet and sickly. • excessively sentimental or mawkish: a sickly fable of delicate young lovers. DERIVATIVES sickliness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: probably suggested by Old Norse sjúkligr.

sick-making

sick-making ▶adjective informal nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking: a sick-making stench. • overly sentimental, coy, or trite.

sickness

sick |ness |ˈsɪknɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of being ill: she was absent through sickness | [ as modifier ] : a sickness allowance. • [ often with adj. or noun modifier ] a particular type of illness or disease: botulism causes fodder sickness of horses | [ count noun ] : a woman suffering an incurable sickness. 2 the feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting: she felt a wave of sickness wash over her | travel sickness. ORIGIN Old English sēocnesse (see sick 1, -ness ).

sickness benefit

sick |ness bene |fit ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) benefit paid weekly by the state to an individual for sickness which interrupts paid employment.

sick note

sick note ▶noun a note to be given to an employer, teacher, or person in authority confirming that an absence was due to sickness.

sick nurse

sick nurse ▶noun dated a nurse who looks after the sick and infirm (as distinct from a children's nurse ).

sicko

sicko |ˈsɪkəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. sickos ) informal a mentally ill or perverted person, especially one who is sadistic.

sick-out

sick-out ▶noun N. Amer. informal a period of unwarranted sick leave taken as a form of group industrial action.

sick pay

sick pay ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. pay given to an employee on sick leave.

sickroom

sick |room |ˈsɪkruːm, -rʊm | ▶noun a room in a school or place of work occupied by or set apart for people who are unwell.

sick ticket

sick tick et ▶noun humorous a person with an affinity for sick humor: you'd have to be a sick ticket to eat candy called “gummy rats.”

American Oxford Thesaurus

sick

sick adjective 1 the children are sick: ill, unwell, poorly, ailing, indisposed, not oneself; off; informal laid up, under the weather. ANTONYMS well, healthy. 2 he was feeling sick: nauseous, nauseated, queasy, bilious, green around /at the gills; seasick, carsick, airsick, travel-sick; informal about to throw up. 3 informal we're just sick about it: disappointed, depressed, dejected, despondent, downcast, unhappy; angry, cross, annoyed, displeased, disgruntled, fed up. ANTONYMS glad. 4 I'm sick of this music: fed up with, bored with, tired of, weary of. ANTONYMS fond. 5 informal a sick joke: macabre, black, ghoulish, morbid, perverted, gruesome, sadistic, cruel. PHRASES be sick I'm going to be sick: vomit, throw up, retch, heave, gag; informal hurl, puke, spew, spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies.

sicken

sicken verb 1 the stench sickened him: cause to feel sick /nauseous, make sick, turn someone's stomach, revolt, disgust; informal make someone want to throw up, gross out. 2 she sickened and died: become ill, fall ill, be taken ill /sick, catch something. ANTONYMS recover.

sickening

sickening adjective ooh, that smell is sickening: nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, repellent, repugnant, appalling, obnoxious, nauseous, vile, nasty, foul, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, obscene, gruesome, grisly, vomitous; informal gross; formal rebarbative.

sickly

sickly adjective 1 a sickly child: unhealthy, in poor health, delicate, frail, weak. ANTONYMS healthy. 2 sickly faces: pale, wan, pasty, sallow, pallid, ashen, anemic. ANTONYMS rosy. 3 a sickly green: insipid, pale, light, light-colored, washed out, faded. ANTONYMS deep. 4 sickly love songs: sentimental, mawkish, cloying, sugary, syrupy, saccharine; informal mushy, slushy, schmaltzy, weepy, lovey-dovey, corny, cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hankie.

sickness

sickness noun 1 she was absent because of sickness: illness, disease, ailment, complaint, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal bug, virus. 2 a wave of sickness: nausea, biliousness, queasiness. 3 he suffers this kind of sickness whenever we travel: vomiting, retching, gagging; travel-sickness, seasickness, carsickness, airsickness, motion sickness; informal throwing up, puking, barfing.

Oxford Thesaurus

sick

sick adjective 1 half of children in the class are sick: ill, unwell, poorly, ailing, indisposed, laid up, bad, out of sorts, not oneself; Brit. off, off colour; informal under the weather, on the sick list; Austral. /NZ informal crook. ANTONYMS well, healthy. 2 he was starting to feel sick: nauseous, nauseated, queasy, bilious, sick to one's stomach, green, green about the gills; seasick, carsick, airsick, travel-sick, suffering from motion sickness, suffering from altitude sickness, suffering from radiation sickness; informal about to throw up; N. Amer. informal barfy; rare qualmish. 3 informal we're sick about the closure plans: disappointed, miserable, depressed, dejected, despondent, downcast, disconsolate, unhappy, low-spirited, distressed; angry, cross, enraged, annoyed, disgusted, displeased, disgruntled, fed up, grumpy; Brit. informal cheesed off. ANTONYMS glad. 4 I'm thoroughly sick of this music: fed up with, bored with /by, tired of, weary of, jaded with /by, surfeited with /by, satiated with, glutted with /by; (be sick of ) have had enough of; informal have had a basinful of, have had it up to here with; have had something up to here. ANTONYMS fond. 5 a sick joke: macabre, black, ghoulish, morbid, perverted, gruesome, sadistic, cruel, offensive. ANTONYMS in good taste. PHRASES be sick Brit. he was sick in a bucket: vomit, throw up, retch; cough up, bring up, regurgitate; heave, gag; N. Amer. get sick; informal chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn, keck, ralph; Brit. informal honk, sick up; Scottish informal boke; N. Amer. informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies.

sicken

sicken verb 1 the stench of blood sickened him: nauseate, make someone feel nauseous, make someone sick, turn someone's stomach, make someone's gorge rise, make someone's stomach rise, revolt, disgust, appal, repel, repulse, be repugnant to, offend; informal make someone want to throw up; N. Amer. informal gross out. 2 his little sister had sickened and died: become ill, fall ill, be taken ill, be taken sick, catch something; relapse, have /suffer a relapse, worsen, deteriorate, weaken, fail, sink. ANTONYMS recover. 3 I think I'm sickening for something: become ill with, fall ill with, be taken ill with, show symptoms of, become infected with, get, catch, develop, pick up, contract, come down with, be struck down with, be stricken with; Brit. go down with; informal take ill with; N. Amer. informal take sick with. ANTONYMS recover from, get over. 4 they are afraid they will sicken of each other: tire, weary, become /get tired of, become /get fed up with, become /get bored with /by, become /get satiated with, feel jaded with, have had a surfeit of, have had a glut of; informal become /get bored of, have had something up to here.

sickening

sickening adjective there were some sickening photographs of the dead boys: nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, repellent, repugnant, appalling, abominable, hideous, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, nauseous, vile, nasty, foul, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting; abhorrent, despicable, reprehensible, contemptible, odious, heinous, obscene, hateful, execrable; gruesome, grisly; N. Amer. vomitous; informal sick-making, ghastly, putrid, horrid, God-awful, gross, gut-churning, yucky, icky, cringe-making; Brit. informal beastly; N. Amer. informal skanky; literary noisome; archaic disgustful, loathly; rare rebarbative. ANTONYMS wholesome, delightful.

sickle

sickle noun WORD LINKS sickle falcate sickle-shaped Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

sickly

sickly adjective 1 a sickly child: unhealthy, in poor health, chronically ill, often ill, always ill; delicate, frail, weak, feeble, puny. ANTONYMS healthy, robust. 2 the foul streets and the sickly faces he encountered: pale, wan, pasty, colourless, sallow, pallid, white, waxen, ashen; ashen-faced, anaemic, bloodless, peaky, peakish, languid, listless, washed out; informal like death warmed up; Scottish informal peely-wally; rare etiolated, lymphatic. ANTONYMS healthy-looking. 3 his hotel room had been repainted a sickly green: bilious, nauseating, distasteful, unattractive; lurid, garish, loud, violent. ANTONYMS muted, subtle. 4 sickly love songs: sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, mawkish, cloying, sugary, syrupy, saccharine, sickening, nauseating, maudlin, lachrymose, banal, trite; Brit. twee; informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling; Brit. informal soppy; N. Amer. informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hankie.

sickness

sickness noun 1 she was absent through sickness | an incurable sickness: illness, disease, disorder, ailment, complaint, affliction, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal lurgy, bug, virus; Austral. informal wog. 2 a wave of sickness swept over her: nausea, biliousness, queasiness. 3 he suffered sickness and diarrhoea for five days: vomiting, retching, gagging, upset stomach, stomach upset; travel-sickness, seasickness, carsickness, airsickness, motion sickness, morning sickness, altitude sickness; informal throwing up, puking; rare qualms.

Duden Dictionary

Sicke

Si cke Substantiv, feminin Jägersprache , die |S i cke |niederdeutsch sike, Verkleinerungsform von sie Weibchen eines kleinen Vogels z. B. der Wachtel

Sicke

Si cke Substantiv, feminin Technik , die |S i cke |Herkunft ungeklärt rinnenförmige Vertiefung, Kehlung, [zur Versteifung dienende ] Randverzierung

sicken

si cken schwaches Verb |s i cken |mit Sicken versehen

Sickenmaschine

Si cken ma schi ne Substantiv, feminin , die |S i ckenmaschine |

Sickeranlage

Si cker an la ge Substantiv, feminin , die |S i ckeranlage |Anlage, Vorrichtung, durch die Regenwasser und Abwässer schneller im Boden versickern können

Sickergrube

Si cker gru be Substantiv, feminin , die |S i ckergrube | vgl. Sickeranlage

sickern

si ckern schwaches Verb |s i ckern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »ist « ursprünglich mundartliche, Iterativbildung zu seihen in der ursprünglichen Bedeutung »ausfließen «(von Flüssigkeiten ) allmählich, tröpfchenweise durch etwas hindurchrinnen, spärlich fließen das Regenwasser sickert in den Boden | Blut ist durch den Verband gesickert | figurativ die Pläne der Regierung waren in die Presse gesickert (heimlich gelangt )

Sickerschacht

Si cker schacht Substantiv, maskulin , der |S i ckerschacht |mit Steinen und Kies gefüllter Schacht, durch den abzuleitendes Wasser in das Grundwasser sickern kann

Sickerwasser

Si cker was ser Substantiv, Neutrum , das |S i ckerwasser |das Sickerwasser < Plural: Sickerwässer > 1 in den Boden dringendes [Regen ]wasser 2 an einer schadhaften Stelle in einem Deich, Damm o. Ä. durchsickerndes Wasser

Sick-out

Sick-out , Sick out Substantiv, Neutrum , das Sickout |ˈsɪk |a͜ut sɪkˈ |a͜ut ˈsɪk |a͜ut sɪkˈ |a͜ut |das Sick-out; Genitiv: des Sick-outs, Plural: die Sick-outs das Sickout; Genitiv: des Sickouts, Plural: die Sickouts englisch Krankmeldung (besonders von Arbeitnehmern, für die ein Streikverbot gilt ) als Arbeitskampfmaßnahme

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sick

sick 1 /sɪk / (! sicと同音 ) 〖語源は「気が沈む」〗(名 )sickness, (動 )sicken 形容詞～er ; ～est 1 病気の , 病気で (↔well 1 ) (!名詞の前では｟英｠｟米｠ともにsickを用いる; 「病気である」の意味では｟米｠ではbe sickで用いられるが, ｟英｠ではbe ill [unwell ]が普通 ) ▸ the sick ≒sick people ｟集合的に｠病人 ▸ My son has been off [out ] sick with the flu for a week .息子はインフルエンザで学校 [職場 ]を1週間休んでいる ▸ get ｟主に米｠[become, fall ｟かたく｠, take ｟やや古｠] sick 病気になる ▸ John has just called [phoned ] in sick .ジョンは病気で休むとたった今電話してきた ▸ Ann has been sick in bed for a few days .アンは2, 3日病気で寝ている .2 ｟主に英｠〖通例be ～〗 «…で » 吐き気がして , むかついて ; 吐く «with , from » ; 〖名詞の前で〗むかつくような〈においなど〉▸ feel sick (｟米｠to one's stomach )吐き気を催す ▸ If you ride on a bus without breakfast, you'll make yourself sick .朝食を取らずにバスに乗ったら気分が悪くなるよ ▸ He was sick on the bed twice last night .彼は昨夜ベッドで2度吐いた ▸ be violently sick ひどい嘔吐（おうと）に襲われる ▸ a sick smell むかつくようなにおい .3 〖be sick of A /of doing 〗｟くだけて｠〈人が〉A 〈人物事〉に […することに ]うんざりしている , いやになっている (weary )▸ I'm sick of lying for the fellow .仲間のためにうそをつくのはもう真っ平だ (!強調して I'm sick and tired [sick to death ] of lying for the fellow. ということもある ) .4 比較なし｟くだけて｠〈人が〉 (精神的に )病んだ ; 〖名詞の前で〗病的な , 悪趣味の〈冗談など〉▸ sick humor [jokes ]ブラックユーモア [たちの悪い冗談 ]▸ a sick mind 病んだ心 (の持ち主 ).5 ｟くだけて｠〖be ～〗 «…を » 待ち焦がれて «for » ▸ be sick for home ホームシックにかかっている (→homesick ).6 〖名詞の前で〗病人用の ▸ a sick room 病室 ▸ a sick nurse 付き添い看護師 7 ｟くだけて｠〖be ～〗 «人事に /…が原因で » 腹が立って «at , about /for » , «…して » 悔しい «to do » ▸ It makes me sick to see the Giants lose the game .ジャイアンツが負けるのを見ると腹が立つ .be ò ut ｟米｠ [ò ff ｟英｠] s í ck (学校職場などを )病気で休んでいる .be w ò rried s í ck ＝be s ì ck with w ó rry ｟くだけて｠とても心配している .g ò [rep ò rt ] s í ck 〘軍〙病気 (欠勤 )を届ける .l ò ok s í ck 1 顔色が悪い .2 ｟くだけて｠見劣りがする .m à ke A s í ck 1 ｟くだけて｠A 〈人〉を怒らせる (↑7 ).2 ｟おどけて｠A 〈人〉を嫉妬（しっと）させる .名詞 U ｟英くだけて｠吐くこと , へど (vomit ).動詞他動詞 (!次の成句で ) .s ì ck A ú p [ú p A ]｟英くだけて｠A 〈食べ物〉を吐く, もどす .～́ b à y (船内の )医務室 ; (学校などの )保健室 .～́ b è nefit ＝sickness benefit .～̀ bu í lding s ỳ ndrome シックハウス症候群 (｟略｠SBS )(╳sick house syndromeとしない ).～́ c à ll [｟英｠par à de ]〘軍〙診療呼集 (時間 ).～́ d à y ＝sick leave .～̀ h é adache ｟くだけて｠偏頭痛 (migraine ).～́ h ò rse ｟米俗｠調子の悪いトラクター .～́ l è ave (病気による )欠勤 ; 病気休暇 ▸ be on sick leave 病気休暇中である .～́ l ì st (軍隊などの )患者名簿 ▸ on the sick list ｟くだけて｠病気で欠勤の .～́ n ò te (病欠の際に提出する )診断書 .～́ p à y 病気欠勤中の給与 .

sick

sick 2 動詞＝sic 1 1 .

sickbed

s í ck b è d 名詞 C 病床 .

sicken

sick en /sɪ́k (ə )n /動詞自動詞 1 病気になる ; ｟英｠〖通例進行形で〗【病気の】症状を示す ; «…を » 発症する «for » ▸ He is sickening with mumps .彼はおたふくかぜの症状を示している .2 «…に » 吐き気を催す «at » ; 〖～ to do 〗…してむかつく ▸ sicken at the sight of [to see ] blood 血を見て胸が悪くなる .3 ｟かたく｠ «…に » あきあきする, うんざりする «of » .他動詞 1 …を病気にする .2 …に吐き気を催させる .3 …をうんざりさせる ▸ His hypocrisy sickens me .彼の偽善にはうんざりだ .

sickening

s í ck en ing 形容詞 1 (恐怖感嫌悪感で )むかつかせる, うんざりさせる (disgusting ).2 〈音においなどが〉不快な ▸ with a sickening thud [crash ]ドスンと [ガチャンと ]いやな音を立てて .3 ｟英話｠嫉妬（しっと）心を駆り立てる, しゃくにさわる ▸ “Did you hear Bill won the first prize of the lot? ” “Gee, how sickening !”「ビルがくじで1等を引いたって知ってる?」「うわ, しゃくにさわる」.～ly 副詞

sickie

sick ie /sɪ́ki /名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて｠＝sicko .2 ｟豪英くだけて｠(仮病の )ずる休み .

sickle

sick le /sɪ́k (ə )l /名詞 C (短い柄湾曲した刃の )鎌（かま）, 小鎌 ▸ That's like harvesting corn with a sickle .｟比喩的に｠それは, ひどく時間のかかることですよ .～̀ c è ll an (a )é mia 〘医〙鎌状赤血球貧血 .

sickly

s í ck ly 形容詞 1 〈人が〉病弱な, 弱々しい ; 〈顔色が〉悪い, 青白い (pale 1 ); 〈組織などが〉脆弱（ぜいじゃく）な ▸ a sickly child 身体の弱い子供 .2 〈におい味が〉不快な, 気分を悪くさせる .3 〈色光が〉薄暗い .4 〈気候などが〉健康に悪い ; 〈季節などが〉病気のはやる .5 ひどく感傷的な .

sickness

sick ness /sɪ́knəs /〖sick (病気の )ness (状態 ); 〗→sick 1 名詞複～es /-ɪz /1 U 病気 (!(1 )具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う. (2 )illnessと違って, sicknessは軽い病気をさすこともある ) ▸ in sickness 病気中で ▸ cause sickness 病気を引き起こす ▸ fight off sickness 病気と闘う ▸ cure sickness 病気を治療する ▸ falling sickness てんかん ▸ a sickness in one's heart 心臓疾患 .2 U 吐き気, むかつき (nausea )▸ motion [travel ] sickness 乗り物酔い ▸ car [sea, air ] sickness 車 [船, 飛行機 ]酔い .3 U (社会政治経済の )重大問題 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) .～́ b è nefit ｟英｠(国民健康保険の )疾病手当 .

sicko

sick o /sɪ́koʊ /名詞複～s C ｟米話｠精神異常者 .

sickroom

s í ck r ò om 名詞 C 1 病室 ▸ SICKROOM 15 第15病室 .2 〖形容詞的に〗病室 (用 )の, 病室にいる .