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sick·en
(sĭk′ən)v. sick·ened, sick·en·ing, sick·ens
tr. & intr.v.
To make or become sick. See Synonyms at disgust.
sick′en·er n.
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sicken
(ˈsɪkən)vb
1. to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted
2. (Pathology) (often foll by: for) to show symptoms (of an illness)
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sick•en
(ˈsɪk ən)v.t., v.i.
to make or become sick.
[1900–50]
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sicken
Past participle: sickened
Gerund: sickening
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| Verb | 1. | sicken - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" outrage, scandalise, scandalize, appal, appall, shock, offend - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" |
| 2. | sicken - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" wan - become pale and sickly contract, get, take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" canker - become infected with a canker | |
| 3. |  sicken - upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners" | |
| 4. | sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system" |
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sicken
verb
1. disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, gross out (U.S. slang), turn your stomach, make your gorge rise What he saw there sickened him, despite years of police work.
2. fall ill, take sick, ail, go down with something, contract something, be stricken by something Many of them sickened and died.
sicken for something fall ill with, get, go down with, contract, be stricken with, show symptoms of, take ill with I think he must be sickening for something.
sicken of something or someone grow tired of, tire of, weary of, have had enough of, become bored with, become jaded by They sickened of their image as the hippies of hip-hop.
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sicken
verb2. To offend the senses or feelings of:
Idiom: turn one's stomach.
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Translations
يُثير إشْمِئْزازيَمْرَض
onemocnětznechutit
blive syggøre én dårlig
valda ógeîiveikjast
hastalanmaktiksindirmek
sicken
[ˈsɪkn]A. VT
B. VI → caer enfermo, enfermarse
to be sickening for (= show signs of) → mostrar síntomas de; (= miss) → echar de menos, echar a faltar
I sicken at the sight of blood → (el) ver sangre me da náuseas
to be sickening for (= show signs of) → mostrar síntomas de; (= miss) → echar de menos, echar a faltar
I sicken at the sight of blood → (el) ver sangre me da náuseas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sicken
vt (= turn sb’s stomach) → anekeln, anwidern; (= upset greatly) → erschüttern, krank machen (inf); (= disgust) → anwidern; what they saw in the camp sickened them → sie waren entsetzt über das, was sie im Lager sahen; it sickens me the way he treats her → es macht mich krank, wie er sie behandelt (inf); doesn’t it sicken you? → das ist doch unerträglich or zum Kotzen (sl)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sicken
[ˈsɪkn]1. vt → nauseare, stomacare (fig) → disgustare
2. vi → sentirsi male, ammalarsi
to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc
to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc
to sicken of sth → stufarsi di qc
to be sickening for sth (cold, flu) → covare qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sick
(sik) adjective1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.
2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.
3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!
4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake.
5. in bad taste. a sick joke.
noun vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick.
ˈsicken verb1. to become sick.
2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me.
ˈsickening adjective causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!
ˈsickeningly adverbˈsickly adjective
1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child.
2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly.
ˈsickness noun the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.
ˈsick-leave noun time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.
make (someone) sick to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.
the sick ill people. He visits the sick.
worried sick very worried. I'm worried sick about it.
see also ill.Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.