sicken

sick·en  (skn)

v. sick·ened, sick·en·ing, sick·ens

tr. & intr.v.

To make or become sick. See Synonyms at disgust.

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sicken·er n.

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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)

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sicken - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt repel, repulse - be repellent to; cause aversion in outrage, scandalise, scandalize, appal, appall, shock, offend - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
	2.	sicken - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" come down wan - become pale and sickly contract, get, take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" canker - become infected with a canker decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
	3.	sicken - upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners" nauseate, turn one's stomach disgust, gross out, revolt, repel - fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
	4.	sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" gag, choke - cause to retch or choke harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"

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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

1. (= make ill) → poner enfermo

2. (fig) (= revolt) → dar asco
it sickens me → me da asco
it sickens me to think I missed the party → me enferma pensar que me perdí la fiesta

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 [ˈsɪkən]

vt (= disgust) → écœurer

vi
to be sickening for sth [+ cold, flu] → couver qch

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)

vi

(= feel ill) to sicken at something → sich vor etw (dat) → ekeln

(= become ill) → krank werden; he’s definitely sickening for something → er wird bestimmt krank; you must be sickening for something (lit iro) → ist mit dir was nicht in Ordnung?; he’s sickening for a virus → bei ihm ist ein Virus im Anzug

to sicken of something → einer Sache (gen) → müde (geh) → werden or sein, etw satthaben

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