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sickened

[sik-uhn] Origin

sick·en

[sik-uhn]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become sick.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English seknen, sicnen; cognate with Old Norse sjūkna. See sick1, -en1

re·sick·en, verb
un·sick·ened, adjective


repulse, revolt, disgust, upset.

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Word Origin & History

sicken
c.1200, "to become sick," originally the verb was simply sick (c.1150), from sick (adj.). Transf. sense of "to make sick" is recorded from 1694.
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