sicken (redirected from sickens)

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

Verb

1. to make (someone) feel nauseated or disgusted

2. sicken 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

verb 2. fall ill, take sick, ail, go down with something, contract something, be stricken by something

Translations

sicken [ˈsɪkn] vt → dar asco a

vi → enfermar;

to be sickening for [+ cold, flu etc] → mostrar síntomas de

sicken [ˈsɪkn] vt → écœurer

vi to be sickening for sth (cold, flu etc) → couver qch

sicken [ˈsɪkn] sick vt (disgust) → anwidern

vi to be sickening for a cold/flu → eine Erkältung/Grippe bekommen

sicken [ˈsɪkn] vt → nauseare

vi to be sickening for sth [+ cold, flu etc] → covare qc