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.
- Alec was watching him, his expression sick with horror.
- If the cells are spiritually sick, the body is physically sick.
- PINSKY: And then the community behaves like what we call a sick family.
- 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.
- I'm sick, I'm _sick_ of life, and you don't show you care for me a little bit.
- Transferring funds from the healthy to the sick is also known as “health insurance”.
- My little mother -- you're sick, you're really _sick_, and I didn't know and I spoke so harshly.
- "Sometimes," he said, low and passionately, "sometimes I am sick with longing for her -- _sick_!"
- Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_.
- "I will gladly endure all and every privation; for I am sick, _sick_ of worming secrets from trusting friends, and spying upon those who shelter me."
- If you do go sick, it will be so obvious, your boss will be looking for a way to get back at you and you will probably not even enjoy your ’sick day’ As you may be left with mixed feelings of guilt, revenge and spitefulness etc,etc… towards the w**ker that you have for a boss.
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