Meaning

In poor health; ill..

Definitions by Sense

1. In poor health; ill.
2. Having an urge to vomit.
3. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
4. (colloquial) In bad taste.
5. [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
6. (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
7. In poor condition.
8. (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

Example Sentences

We have to care for the sick.

Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’

My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.

In the meantime the old man had gotten up and gone out in the yard and began to vomit. Henry said I believe I feel sick and got up and went out. He went out one door and his father went out the other one. I did not think there was anything wrong with the coffee and I asked my wife to pour this out […]

Q. Didn't he complain he was sick before he commenced to vomit? A. He did, just before he said, to me, “I feel sick,” I asked him if he wanted to throw up and he said yes.

[…] trying hard to cry. Crying’s good. Crying teaches him to breathe. But I wish he weren’t crying from hunger. I feel dizzy. I sit down and feel a little sick. Maybe I’ll vomit, too. No, to never vomit. I feel sick, but I won’t vomit. I never vomit.

I feel sick, like I might vomit, and I'm more tired than I can ever remember feeling.

Word Forms

• sicker
• sickest
• sicks
• sicking
• sicked

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