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sick

sick

17 1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
  • adjective
  • /sɪk/
: con náuseas
  • I'm feeling, I'm feeling a little, like, sick after this rain.
  • feel sick
  • make someone sick
  • sick to my stomach

When I think about that time, I get so sick to my stomach because.

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Examples

  • Quite a few people get sick at first; it's nothing to be embarrassed about.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • After the roller coaster ride, I was sick and had to sit down for a while.

  • OK, so I kind of feel sick, but it's fine.

  • And so I got very sick at that job.

  • My body is still, it's been like weeks and I still feel sick, which is ridiculous.

  • I hurt myself and I feel sick.

  • Oliver feels sick to his stomach when he figures out what Bill has in mind.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Still, for a moment, he felt a little sick, and bile rose in his mouth.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • It makes me sick to my stomach.

  • Soon afterward, John's wife fell sick and had to be taken to the hospital.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

nauseous
vssick
69 4.4

Feeling like you will be sick

is identical in meaning and usage
queasy
vssick
20 4.1

Feeling sick and likely to throw up

is the common general description of that nausea feeling
nauseated
vssick
13 4.5

Feeling sick and likely to vomit

is identical in meaning and usage
sickish
vssick
1 6.7

Slightly ill in the stomach and likely to throw up

is stronger, indicating clear nausea and likely vomiting
barfy
vssick
  • Informal
1 8.9

Feeling like you will throw up or making someone feel like that

is the neutral medical description rather than slang
pig-sick
vssick
  • Informal
1 9.8

Very ill or very fed up with something

is milder, meaning a normal nausea feeling rather than extreme illness
qualmish
vssick
1 9.9

Feeling slightly sick or disgusted after seeing something unpleasant

is focused only on stomach nausea rather than general unease
vomity
vssick
8.8

Feeling like you are about to throw up

is the same nausea sense without a different focus

Antonyms

665 1.0

In good health after being ill or hurt

Idioms

sick of
  • Informal
636 5.8

Tired of something because you have had too much of it

sick and tired
  • Informal
112 5.3

Feeling very annoyed because you have had too much of something

13 3.4

Away from work or school because you are ill

Feeling like you will throw up

1 8.3

Away from work because you are ill

Very annoyed and no longer willing to accept someone or something

1 9.3

Very disappointed and upset because things did not turn out well

Compounds

54 1.0

A person who is ill

sick joke
  • Offensive
17 7.9

A joke about cruel or shocking things that many people find upsetting

16 2.4

A period away from work because a worker is ill

5 2.5

A bed where a person lies when they are ill or recovering

1 2.3

Money a worker receives while they are off work because they are sick

1 7.7

Many people are absent from work or school because they are sick, causing big problems

sick call
  • Jargon
1 5.7

A set time when soldiers report to a medic if ill

1 2.5

A small disposable bag on planes for passengers to throw up into

sick headache
  • Archaic
1 6.5

A severe headache that often makes you feel sick and unable to concentrate

1 3.2

Money the government pays to someone who cannot work because they are ill

sick-out
  • Literature
1 8.2

A group of workers who call in sick to protest and ask for change

1 4.6

Feeling sick or dizzy when flying

sick list
  • Archaic
1 4.8

A list of people not at work because they are ill

A Roman Catholic ritual where a priest puts oil on a very sick person and prays for comfort

pig-sick
  • Informal
1 9.8

Very ill or very fed up with something

sick-abed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Lying in bed because you are ill

1 7.5

A room on a ship where staff treat people who are ill or injured

milk-sick
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Sick after eating meat or drinking milk from animals that eat poisonous plants

sick parade
  • Jargon
8.2

A daily military meeting where soldiers report illnesses to a doctor

How Nauseous

sick
17 1.0
queasy
20 4.1

Surface Forms

sick positive

Etymology

Sick comes from the same old word seoc and is used when you feel like you might vomit; think of seasick, which combines 'sea' + 'sick' to show this meaning.