sickadjective
uk/sɪk/us/sɪk/sick adjective (ILL)
A2 physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy:
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- Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
- The new president said she would dedicate herself to protecting the rights of the old, the sick, and the homeless.
- In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.
- He had the furred tongue of a sick man.
- I spent most of the morning ministering to my sick husband.
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Not fit & healthy
- bedridden
- critical list
- crook
- danger list
- dehydrated
- emaciated
- far gone
- frailty
- groggy
- ill
- infirmity
- insufficiency
- knock
- malaise
- not agree with sb idiom
- off-colour
- organic
- relapse
- shadow
- starved
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sick adjective (VOMIT)
A2 [ after verb ] feeling ill as if you are going to vomit:
B1 to vomit:
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- We had a really rough crossing - I was sick three times.
- I ate so much of it one day I was sick and that cured me of my addiction.
- Tell me if you start to feel sick, all right?
- If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick.
- Just looking at a picture of the sea is guaranteed to make me feel sick.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- barf
- bring
- bring sth up
- churn
- disgorge
- gag
- honk
- morning sickness
- motion sickness
- regurgitate
- repeat
- retch
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick sth up
- spew
- spit
- spit (sth) up
- throw
- throw (sth) up
- turn sb's stomach idiom
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sick adjective (UNPLEASANT)
B2 [ after verb ] informal feeling strong unpleasant emotions, especially anger or disgust:
[ after verb ] informal cruel or offensive:
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Inspiring dislike
- aversive
- disgust
- gross
- gross sb out
- gross-out
- ick
- it makes me (want to) puke idiom
- puke
- repel
- repulse
- revolt
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sick adjective (GOOD)
slang very good, excellent:
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Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- incredible
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- outstanding
- parallel
- sterling
- superb
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
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Idiom(s)
sicknoun
uk/sɪk/us/sɪk/sick noun (ILL)
people who are ill:
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Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- PWA
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded
sick noun (VOMIT)
[ U ] UK informal vomit:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- barf
- bring
- bring sth up
- churn
- disgorge
- gag
- honk
- morning sickness
- motion sickness
- regurgitate
- repeat
- retch
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick sth up
- spew
- spit
- spit (sth) up
- throw
- throw (sth) up
- turn sb's stomach idiom
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