sick
有病,有病的,患病,病态
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Definitions
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sick·er, sick·est.
- : affected with ill health, disease, or illness; ailing.
- : affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
- : deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
- : mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
- : characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
- : dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian;sick jokes.
- : of, relating to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
- : accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor;the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
- : disgusted; chagrined.
- : not in proper condition; impaired.
- : Slang. great; amazing: The plot is boring but the special effects are sick!
- : Agriculture. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil.containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.
- : Now Rare. menstruating.
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Usually the sick .
- : sick persons collectively.
Phrases
- sick and tired
- sick as a dog
- sick at heart
- sick in bed
- sick joke
- sick to one's stomach
- call in sick
- get sick
- make one sick
- worried sick
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
We don’t want to see our clients get sick or die in prison, totally cut off from their loved ones.
Many students worry about family or friends who may get sick, Sana notes.
She said that it’s too early to determine the sick participant’s specific diagnosis.
That, in turn, cuts the risk someone will encounter enough virus to make them sick.
And, he said, the tests can act as an early warning system by alerting officials that people in a community like a dorm are infected a week before they might become sick enough to seek tests on their own.
And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
We are the sick ones who torment trans people every day of their lives.
Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?
It happens, of course, but the less time a person is sick, the better their chances of recovery.
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!
After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
So we placed some of these holy relics upon the sick man, at the same time offering our vows for him, and then he improved.
One was to the deanship, of Santiago de Castro, a sick man who has not left his house for more than three years.