Sicken

/ˈsɪkən/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To make ill..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make ill.
2. (intransitive) To become ill.
3. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
4. (sports) To lower the standing of.
5. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
6. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
7. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.

Example Sentences

The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.

I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.

The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended,[…] sickened upon it and died.

His arrogant behaviour sickens me.

In announcing the review, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, said in a statement that “antisemitism — like racism — is a spiritual and moral malady that sickens societies and kills people with lethalities comparable to history’s most deadly plagues.”

Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them.

But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup

City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.

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Word Forms

• sickens
• sickening
• sickened

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