Sick

Quick meaning: Sick is an adjective meaning In poor health; ill.

Meaning

In poor health; ill.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

We have to care for the sick.

My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.

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

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.

Word Forms

• sicker
• sickest
• sicks
• sicking
• sicked

Synonyms for sick

Depending on context, synonyms include vomit, ill, poorly, sickly, unwell, diseased.

Antonyms for sick

Common opposites include fit, healthy, well, crap, naff, uncool.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sickly, sickish, unwell, infirm, faint, queasy.

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