to sicken

Examples

• All

• And then he saw his father, standing, staring about him, looking dazed and sickened.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Julia, forcing her way back with effort into the present, felt sickened, hot, confused.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I mean I, I... I am completely sickened.

  Ginger Snaps (2001)

• As he talks, Jim shares a sickened look with Bill.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I have sickened my wife, Lord, I have betrayed her.

  Nothing Like The Sun (2018)

• On the voyage from our island, two of our company sickened and died; two others, in despair, threw themselves overboard.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Already, an estimated 76 million people are sickened and 325,000 are hospitalized in the U.S. each year.

  Blog text (30)

• Cryptosporidium parvum sickened some 400,000 residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  Academic text (2007)

• The news about the contaminated food sickened everyone in the room.

• After learning about the tragedy, she felt sickened by the cruelty of the situation.

Synonyms

H

to horrify

vsto sicken

90 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

focuses more on causing ill or upset feelings than on shock or fear

D

to disgust

vsto sicken

83 2.1

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

adds the possibility of physical illness and general mental upset

G

to gross out

vsto sicken

• Informal

14 7.3

Make someone feel disgusted or sick

is broader, covering deeper illness or stronger mental upset too

T

to turn one's stomach

vsto sicken

6 7.0

To make you feel sick or disgusted

is used more widely for causing ill or disturbed feelings generally

R

to repel

vsto sicken

5 5.1

Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust

often refers to making someone feel physically or mentally unwell as well

S

to sick

vsto sicken

3 3.2

To make someone ill

also includes feeling mentally upset as well as physical unwellness

N

to nauseate

vsto sicken

3 6.9

To make someone feel sick or disgusted

focuses on causing physical or mental illness and upset rather than only revulsion

M

to make someone gyppy

vsto sicken

• Archaic

9.9

Give someone a sick feeling in the stomach after eating or drinking

covers feeling ill or upset in many situations beyond after meals

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

is centered more on feeling ill or emotionally disturbed rather than fear

Antonyms

C

to comfort

172 1.0

To make someone feel less upset or in pain

How Sick

poison

367 2.1

to sicken

11 4.1

to nauseate

3 6.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology