| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,755,215,162 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
sicken |
Also found in: Legal, Wikipedia | 0.04 sec. |
sicken [ˈsɪkən] vb
1. to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted 2. (Medicine / Pathology) (intr; often foll by for) to show symptoms (of an illness) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
sicken verb 1. disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, gross out (U.S. slang), turn your stomach, make your gorge rise What he saw there sickened him, despite years of police work. 2. fall ill, take sick, ail, go down with something, contract something, be stricken by something Many of them sickened and died. sicken for something fall ill with, get, go down with, contract, be stricken with, show symptoms of, take ill with I think he must be sickening for something. sicken of something or someone grow tired of, tire of, weary of, have had enough of, become bored with, become jaded by They sickened of their image as the hippies of hip-hop. Translations sicken [ˈsɪkn] A. VT B. VI → caer enfermo, enfermarse to be sickening for (= show signs of) → mostrar síntomas de; (= miss) → echar de menos, echar a faltar I sicken at the sight of blood → (el)ver sangre me da náuseas sicken vt (= turn sb’s stomach) → anekeln, anwidern; (= upset greatly) → erschüttern, krank machen (inf); (= disgust) → anwidern; what they saw in the camp sickened them → sie waren entsetzt über das, was sie im Lager sahen; it sickens me the way he treats her → es macht mich krank, wie er sie behandelt (inf); doesn’t it sicken you? → das ist doch unerträglich or zum Kotzen (sl) sicken [ˈsɪkn] 1. vt → nauseare, stomacare (fig) → disgustare 2. vi → sentirsi male, ammalarsi to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc sicken [ˈsɪkn] 1. vt → nauseare, stomacare (fig) → disgustare 2. vi → sentirsi male, ammalarsi to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | |
|---|---|---|
When your mother was gone, and your father (the worthy, Christian man) began to sicken for his end, he gave me in charge a certain letter, which he said was your inheritance. Perhaps she wondered what star was destined for her habitation when she had run her little course below; perhaps speculated which of those glimmering spheres might be the natal orb of Mr Tappertit; perhaps marvelled how they could gaze down on that perfidious creature, man, and not sicken and turn green as chemists' lamps; perhaps thought of nothing in particular. THE dairy was certainly worth looking at: it was a scene to sicken for with a sort of calenture in hot and dusty streets--such coolness, such purity, such fresh fragrance of new-pressed cheese, of firm butter, of wooden vessels perpetually bathed in pure water; such soft colouring of red earthenware and creamy surfaces, brown wood and polished tin, grey limestone and rich orange-red rust on the iron weights and hooks and hinges. |
| Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|