sick

/sˈɪk/

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Adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Adjective Satellite
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Adjective Satellite
affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
Adjective Satellite
deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"
Adjective Satellite
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
Noun
people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"
Verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
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