sick
13 ENTRIES FOUND:
sicker;
sickest
sicker;
sickest
Britannica Dictionary definition of SICK
[also more sick; most sick]
1
:
affected with a disease or illness
:
ill
— sometimes used figuratively
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see also airsick, carsick, seasick
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He is at home sick in bed.
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She is sick with the flu.
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I'm too sick to go to work.
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a sick dog
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The medicine just made me sicker.
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The sickest patients are in intensive care.
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My poor rosebush looks sick.
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(US) I hardly ever get sick.
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(US) She has been out sick all week. = (Brit) She has been off sick all week. [=she has not been at work all week because she is sick]
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(formal) Dozens of workers fell sick [=became ill] from exposure to the fumes.
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(old-fashioned) He took sick [=became ill] and died.
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(informal) He was (as) sick as a dog. [=he was very sick]
2
always used before a noun
:
of or relating to people who are ill
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She has been on the sick list all week.
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the hospital's sick ward
3
a
not used before a noun,
informal
:
very annoyed or bored by something because you have had too much of it
— + of
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He was sick of her lies.
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I'm getting sick of this cold weather.
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I'm sick of pizza—I had it three times this week already.
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What are you most sick of?
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I'm sick and tired of hearing you two argue. = I'm sick to death of hearing you two argue.
b
:
very disgusted or angry
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The way they treat people makes me sick.
4
:
not mentally normal or healthy
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I know it sounds sick, but I like reading about murders.
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He has a sick [=perverted] mind.
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sick [=morbid, disturbing] thoughts
5
:
relating to very unpleasant or offensive things
6
a
:
very unpleasant
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I had a sick feeling that we were hopelessly lost.
be sick
:
to vomit
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I was sick [=vomited, threw up] several times.
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The last time I ate oysters, I was violently sick. [=I vomited a lot]
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Stop the car—I'm going to be sick. [=I'm going to throw up]
call/phone in sick
◊ If you call/phone in sick, you make a phone call to your place of work to say you will not be working that day because you are sick.
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Two of the waiters called in sick, so we're very short-staffed.
feel sick
1
US
:
to feel ill
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I was feeling sick, so I went home early.
2
:
to feel like you will vomit
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After eating a whole plate of cookies, I felt sick.
3
US
:
to feel very upset
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I feel sick about what happened.
report sick
sick at heart
sick to your stomach
1
US
:
caused to vomit
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feeling like you are going to vomit
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I was sick to my stomach [=I vomited] last night.
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When I had the flu, just the thought of eating made me sick to my stomach. [=nauseous]
2
:
feeling very disgusted or angry
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The way they treat people makes me sick to my stomach.
the sick
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people who are sick
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sick people
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She spent her life caring for the sick and dying.
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sick
/ˈsɪk/
noun
2
sick
/ˈsɪk/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SICK
[noncount]
British, informal
:
vomit
3
sick
/ˈsɪk/
verb
sicks;
sicked;
sicking
3
sick
/ˈsɪk/
verb
sicks;
sicked;
sicking
Britannica Dictionary definition of SICK
sick up
[phrasal verb]
sick up (something)
or
sick (something) up
British, informal
:
to vomit (something)
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He sicked up [=threw up] his dinner.
