sick

Words with a similar base: be_sick, brainsick, sick, sick_of, sickish

'sick'

[sick.n.01] as in: people who are sick

Examples:
they devote their lives to caring for the sick

'sick'

[vomit.v.01] as in: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Examples:
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

'sick'

[ill.a.01] as in: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

Examples:
ill from the monotony of his suffering

'sick'

[nauseated.s.01] as in: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

'sick'

[brainsick.s.01] as in: affected with madness or insanity

Examples:
a man who had gone mad

'sick'

[disgusted.s.01] as in: having a strong distaste from surfeit

Examples:
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

'sick'

[pale.s.02] as in: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

Examples:
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

'sick'

[sick.s.05] as in: deeply affected by a strong feeling

Examples:
sat completely still, sick with envy
she was sick with longing

'sick'

[ghastly.s.01] as in: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Examples:
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

Origins

					sick (English)
└── sek (Middle English (1100-1500))

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