sick
IPA: sˈɪk
noun
- (Britain, Australia, colloquial) Vomit.
- (Britain, colloquial) (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (Britain, Australia, colloquial) To vomit.
- (obsolete except in dialect, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.
- (rare) Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”) [To mark with a bracketed sic.]
adjective
- (less common in the UK) In poor health; ill.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- (colloquial) In bad taste.
- Tired of or annoyed by something.
- (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- In poor condition.
- (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
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Examples of "sick" in Sentences
- I'm sick of their flattery.
- The sickness in the village subsided.
- The victims are the old and the sick.
- He is a patron saint of bodily ills and the sick.
- Among their privileges was that of caring for the sick.
- If the cells are spiritually sick, the body is physically sick.
- The auxiliary sisters for the care of the sick renew their vows annually.
- Among their privileges was that of caring for the sick of the papal household.
- There should be mental illness laws against this sick debauchery in the world.
- He decided to devote the rest of his life to caring for the sick and the poor.
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