Sicker

sick ¹  (sk)

adj. sick·er, sick·est

1.

a. Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing.

b. Of or for sick persons: sick wards.

c. Nauseated.

2.

a. Mentally ill or disturbed.

b. Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic: a sick joke; a sick crime.

3. Defective; unsound: a sick economy.

4.

a. Deeply distressed; upset: sick with worry.

b. Disgusted; revolted.

c. Weary; tired: sick of it all.

d. Pining; longing: sick for his native land.

5.

a. In need of repairs: a sick ship.

b. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within: a sick office building.

6. Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops: sick soil.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.

Idiom:

sick and tired

Thoroughly weary, discouraged, or bored.

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[Middle English, from Old English soc.]

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sick ²  (sk)

v.

Variant of sic².