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sick - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
sick
Definition
(noun) people who are sick
Example Sentence
they devote their lives to caring for the sick
Definition
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Synonyms
:
barf
,
be sick
,
cast
,
cat
,
chuck
,
disgorge
,
honk
,
puke
,
purge
,
regorge
,
regurgitate
,
retch
,
spew
,
spue
,
throw up
,
upchuck
,
vomit
,
vomit up
Example Sentence
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Definition
(adj) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Synonyms
:
ill
Example Sentence
ill from the monotony of his suffering
Definition
(adj) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Synonyms
:
nauseated
,
nauseous
,
queasy
,
sickish
Definition
(adj) affected with madness or insanity
Synonyms
:
brainsick
,
crazy
,
demented
,
disturbed
,
mad
,
unbalanced
,
unhinged
Example Sentence
a man who had gone mad
Definition
(adj) having a strong distaste from surfeit
Synonyms
:
disgusted
,
fed up
,
sick of
,
tired of
Example Sentence
grew more and more disgusted
fed up with their complaints
sick of it all
sick to death of flattery
gossip that makes one sick
tired of the noise and smoke
Definition
(adj) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Synonyms
:
pale
,
pallid
,
wan
Example Sentence
the pale light of a half moon
a pale sun
the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
a pallid sky
the pale (or wan) stars
the wan light of dawn
Definition
(adj) deeply affected by a strong feeling
Example Sentence
sat completely still, sick with envy
she was sick with longing
Definition
(adj) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Synonyms
:
ghastly
,
grim
,
grisly
,
gruesome
,
macabre
Example Sentence
ghastly wounds
the grim aftermath of the bombing
the grim task of burying the victims
a grisly murder
gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
macabre tortures conceived by madmen
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text: she's a sick parrot ah sick parrot
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