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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sick1 /sɪk/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - Pathologyhaving ill health;
not well:The sickest patients can't be moved from the hospital. - Pathology inclined to or ready to vomit:[be + ~]Help him, he's going to be sick all over the carpet.
- deeply feeling some distressing emotion:[be + ~]was sick at heart.
- annoyed with, disgusted by, or tired of:[be + ~ + (and tired) of + object]She's sick and tired of your complaints.
- Psychiatrymentally, morally, or emotionally corrupt:These criminals are sick.
- cruel;
sadistic:sick jokes. - perverted;
twisted:You and your sick mind! - of or relating to sickness:[before a noun]sick benefits.
n. [plural* used with a plural verb] - the sick, sick people thought of as a group:The sick need emotional and physical care.
sick is an adjective, sickly and sickening are adjectives, sickness is a noun, sicken is a verb:He's very sick and can't come to work. The starving child looks so sickly. The horror movie was sickening. He has a sickness we haven't diagnosed yet. That horror movie sickened me. sick2 /sɪk/USA pronunciation v., sicked, sick•ing. - sic.
-sick ,suffix. - -sick is used to form adjectives with the meanings "sick or ill of or from (the noun of the root)'':car + -sick → carsick (= sick from traveling in a car);air + -sick → airsick (= sick from flying in a plane).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sick1 (sik),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n. adj. - afflicted with ill health or disease;
ailing. - affected with nausea;
inclined to vomit. - deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom:sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
- mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound:a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
- characteristic of a sick mind:sick fancies.
- dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like;
morbid:a sick comedian; sick jokes. - of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness:He applied for sick benefits.
- accompanied by or suggestive of sickness;
sickly:a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors. - disgusted;
chagrined. - not in proper condition;
impaired. - [Agric.]
- failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified:a wheat-sick soil.
- containing harmful microorganisms:a sick field.
- [Now Rare.]menstruating.
- call in sick, to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
- sick and tired, utterly weary;
fed up:I'm sick and tired of working so hard! - sick at one's stomach, [Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.]nauseated.
- sick to one's stomach, [Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.]nauseated.
n. - (used with a plural v.) sick persons collectively (usually prec. by the).
- bef. 900; Middle English sik, sek, Old English sēoc; cognate with Dutch ziek, German siech, Old Norse sjūkr, Gothic siuks
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged infirm, indisposed. See ill.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nauseous, nauseated.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged well, hale, healthy.
sick2 (sik),USA pronunciation v.t. - sic1.
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