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sicken
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sick·en  (skn)
v. sick·ened, sick·en·ing, sick·ens
tr. & intr.v.
To make or become sick. See Synonyms at disgust.

sicken·er n.

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
Verb1.sicken - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
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"
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.sickensicken - upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"
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"

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 meme da asco
it sickens me to think I missed the partyme enferma pensar que me perdí la fiesta
B. VIcaer 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 themsie waren entsetzt über das, was sie im Lager sahen; it sickens me the way he treats heres 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 somethingsich vor etw (dat)ekeln
(= become ill)krank werden; he’s definitely sickening for somethinger wird bestimmt krank; you must be sickening for something (lit iro)ist mit dir was nicht in Ordnung?; he’s sickening for a virusbei ihm ist ein Virus im Anzug
to sicken of somethingeiner Sache (gen)müde (geh)werden or sein, etw satthaben
sicken [ˈsɪkn]
1. vtnauseare, stomacare (fig) → disgustare
2. visentirsi male, ammalarsi
to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc
to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc

sicken [ˈsɪkn]
1. vtnauseare, stomacare (fig) → disgustare
2. visentirsi male, ammalarsi
to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc
to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc


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