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sick

 
 
pronunciation:
sIk
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part of speech: adjective
inflections: sicker, sickest
definition 1: having an illness or disease; ill.
 
synonyms:
ailing, ill, unwell
antonyms:
healthy, well
similar words:
bad, diseased, down, indisposed, infirm, invalid, out of sorts, peaked, poorly, run-down, sickly, under the weather, unhealthy, unsound, valetudinarian, wan
definition 2: suffering from nausea.
synonyms:
nauseous
similar words:
airsick, bilious, carsick, green, queasy, seasick
definition 3: distressed, weary, or disgusted.
I am sick of life.
synonyms:
tired, weary
antonyms:
glad
similar words:
bored, disgusted, distressed, miserable, revolted, stricken, upset
definition 4: mentally ill.
similar words:
crazy, deranged, disturbed, insane, mad, mental, neurotic, unbalanced, unsound
definition 5: disgustingly perverse; twisted; wicked.
Such cruelty to animals is absolutely sick.
synonyms:
perverse, twisted, wicked
similar words:
abhorrent, abominable, evil, hateful, loathsome, sickening
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