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sicken

sick·en

sicken

 
pronunciation:
sI kn
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: sickens, sickening, sickened
definition: to cause to be disgusted or repelled.
It sickened him to see the dogs being trained to fight.
similar words:
disgust, nauseate, offend, repel, revolt
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition: to become ill.
Unable to obtain medicine, the man sickened and died.
antonyms:
recover
similar words:
ail
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