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sick·en
 sicken
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- pronunciation:
- sI
k
 n
- 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
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| related words: |
appall, cloy, turn |
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| 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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| related words: |
cloy, collapse, relapse |
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