to sicken

Examples

• All

• The unfairness of it all sickened me, angered me, and forced a scream to my lips.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The sight of so much blood spilling down over stone altars sickened her.

  Fiction book (1998)

• You brought this upon yourself and it sickens me.

  Life Like (2019)

• I am as sickened as you, believe me.

  That's My Boy (2012)

• The thought of spending another night with him sickens me, but I have few other alternatives.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I was sickened by how open she was about the hospital being more interested in profits than people's health.

  What the Health (2017)

• Tom was overwhelmed and sickened by the horror of it all.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It sickens me, what you're doing here.

  Bloodsuckers (2005)

• Shocked and sickened, Katya watched the witch sink slowly to her knees.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The graphic images of violence in the movie sicken many viewers.

Synonyms

O

to outrage

vsto sicken

143 3.9

Make people feel very angry and shocked

emphasises moral offence and disgust rather than anger as primary reaction

H

to horrify

vsto sicken

90 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

leans more on moral offence and aversion than on fear or shock

D

to disgust

vsto sicken

83 2.1

To make someone feel strong dislike and sick because something is offensive

leans more toward moral offence or deep revulsion rather than simple disapproval

R

to revolt

vsto sicken

29 5.3

Make someone feel strong disgust or moral horror

focuses on strong moral offence and intense revulsion rather than broader rebellion

R

to repulse

vsto sicken

23 6.7

To make someone feel strong dislike or disgust

adds moral offence as a clearer element of the reaction

G

to gross out

vsto sicken

• Informal

14 7.3

Make someone feel disgusted or sick

is more neutral and can include moral offence beyond casual disgust

T

to turn one's stomach

vsto sicken

6 7.0

To make you feel sick or disgusted

covers moral offence and strong aversion as well as physical nausea

R

to repel

vsto sicken

5 5.1

Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust

includes stronger moral offence as well as mere dislike

N

to nauseate

vsto sicken

3 6.9

To make someone feel sick or disgusted

stresses moral offence or deep aversion rather than physical sickness

C

to churn up

vsto sicken

• Informal

1 7.3

Make people feel strong disgust or moral upset

is the same idea but used as a common single-word verb

R

to revulse

vsto sicken

9.3

Make someone feel sudden shock or disgust

is similar but can be less sudden and more about moral offence

M

to make someone's skin crawl

vsto sicken

• Informal

7.4

Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling

focuses more narrowly on disgust and moral offence rather than fear

Antonyms

P

to please

216 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

How Disgusted

to horrify

90 4.3

to sicken

27 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology