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sicker |
Overview of adj sick The adj sick has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) ill, sick -- (not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering") 2. (7) nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish -- (feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit) 3. (1) brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged -- (affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad") 4. (1) disgusted, fed up sick, sick of tired of -- (having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke") Antonyms of adj sick 4 senses of sick Sense 1 ill (vs. well), sick Sense 2 nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well Sense 3 brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged INDIRECT (VIA insane) -> sane Sense 4 disgusted, fed up(prenominal), sick(prenominal), sick of(prenominal), tired of(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA displeased) -> pleased Similarity of adj sick 4 senses of sick Sense 1 ill (vs. well), sick => afflicted, stricken => aguish => ailing, indisposed, peaked(prenominal), poorly(prenominal), sickly, unwell => airsick, carsick, seasick => bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, infirm, sick-abed => bilious, liverish, livery => bronchitic => consumptive => convalescent, recovering => delirious, hallucinating => diabetic => dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous => dyspeptic => faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded => feverish, feverous => funny => gouty => laid low(prenominal), stricken => menstruating, unwell => nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish => scrofulous => tubercular, tuberculous => unhealed => upset => green => laid up(prenominal) => sneezy => spastic Also See-> unhealthy#1; unfit#2 Sense 2 nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish => ill (vs. well), sick Sense 3 brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged => insane (vs. sane) Sense 4 disgusted, fed up(prenominal), sick(prenominal), sick of(prenominal), tired of(prenominal) => displeased (vs. pleased) Attributes of adj sick Familiarity of adj sick sick used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj sick airsick brainsick carsick heartsick homesick lovesick seasick sick sick-abed sick of sickening sickish sickle-shaped sickly Overview of adj sick The adj sick has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) ill, sick -- (not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering") 2. (7) nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish -- (feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit) 3. (1) brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged -- (affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad") 4. (1) disgusted, fed up sick, sick of tired of -- (having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke")
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