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Definition: Meaning of, sick in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɪk /

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sick sicker sickest
  1. ill especially American English suffering from a disease or illness
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  2. be sick if you are sick, the food in your stomach comes up through your mouth [=  vomit, throw up]
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  3. feel sick also be/feel sick to your stomach American English to feel as if you are going to VOMIT
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  4. make me/you sick spoken to make you feel very angry
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  5. make me/you sick spoken spoken to make someone feel jealous - used humorously
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  6. make somebody/yourself sick British English if something makes you sick, it makes you bring food up from your stomach through your mouth
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  7. make somebody/yourself sick British English if you make yourself sick, you do something to bring food up from your stomach through your mouth
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  8. be sick (and tired) of (doing) something also be sick to death of something spoken to be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long time
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  9. be worried sick/be sick with worry to be extremely worried
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  10. strange/cruel someone who is sick does things that are strange and cruel, and seems mentally ill
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  11. strange/cruel sick stories, jokes etc deal with death and suffering in a cruel or unpleasant way
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  12. sick at heart literary very unhappy, upset, or disappointed about something
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  13. sick as a parrot British English spoken extremely disappointed - used humorously
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  14. [not before noun] British English spoken used by young people to say that something is very impressive and they admire it a lot
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  1. the sick people who are ill
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  2. [uncountable] British English informal VOMIT
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sick sicked sicked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sicking sicks
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sick used in phrases

  • anointing of the sick (noun)
    1. a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
  • be sick (verb)
    1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  • milk-sick (adjective)
    1. affected with or related to milk sickness
  • sick benefit (noun)
    1. by the government money paid to someone who is too ill to work
  • sick berth (noun)
    1. as on a ship nautical a room for the treatment of the sick or injured
  • sick building syndrome (noun)
    1. when chemicals and GERM s stay in an office building and make the people who work there feel ill
  • sick call (noun)
    1. military the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick
  • sick headache (noun)
    1. a headache accompanied by nausea
    2. a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
  • sick joke (noun)
    1. a joke in bad taste
  • sick leave (noun)
    1. time that you are allowed to spend away from work because you are sick
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