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adjective
comparative of sick1.
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adjective
1.
afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2.
affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
3.
deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
4.
mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
5.
EXPANDcharacteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
6.
dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian; sick jokes.
7.
of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
8.
accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
9.
disgusted; chagrined.
10.
not in proper condition; impaired.
11.
Agriculture.
a.
failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil.
b.
containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.
12.
COLLAPSENow Rare. menstruating.
noun
Idioms13.
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
14.
call in sick, to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
15.
sick and tired, utterly weary; fed up: I'm sick and tired of working so hard!
16.
sick at one's stomach, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. nauseated.
17.
sick to one's stomach, Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. nauseated.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sik, sek, Old English sēoc; cognate with Dutch ziek, German siech, Old Norse sjūkr, Gothic siuks
before 900; Middle English sik, sek, Old English sēoc; cognate with Dutch ziek, German siech, Old Norse sjūkr, Gothic siuks
Antonyms
1. well, hale, healthy.
1. well, hale, healthy.
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Word Origin & History
sick
"unwell," O.E. seoc, from P.Gmc. *seukaz, of uncertain origin. The general Gmc. word (cf. O.N. sjukr, Dan. syg, O.S. siok, O.Fris. siak, M.Du. siec, O.H.G. sioh, Goth. siuks "sick, ill"), but in Ger. and Du. displaced by krank "weak, slim," probably originally with a sense of "twisted, bent" (see
EXPAND crank). Meaning "having an inclination to vomit" is from 1614; sense of "tired or weary (of something)" is from 1597; phrase sick and tired of is attested from 1783. Meaning "mentally twisted" is from 1551 (though sense of "spiritually or morally corrupt" was in O.E.), revived 1955. Sick joke is from 1959; sicko (n.) is from 1977. Sickening "causing revulsion" is first recorded 1789. The noun meaning "those who are sick" was in O.E. Sickness is O.E. seocnesse; sickly "ailing" is recorded from c.1350.
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Medical Dictionary
sick (sĭk)
adj. sick·er, sick·est
Suffering from or affected with a disease or disorder.
Of or for sick persons.
Nauseated.
Mentally ill or disturbed.
Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within, as of a building.
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