sicken

Verb
US[sik-uhn]/ˈsɪkən/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Verb (4)sickens, sickened, sickening

  1. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of“The pornographic pictures sickened us”Synonyms: disgustrevoltnauseatechurn upMore general repel, repulseMore specific shock, offend
  2. get sick“She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital”Synonyms: come downMore general worsen, declineMore specific contract, canker, wan
  3. upset and make nauseated“The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach”“The mold on the food sickened the diners”Synonyms: nauseateturn one's stomachMore general disgust, gross out
  4. make sick or ill“This kind of food sickens me”More general harmMore specific gag, choke
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sick′en transitive verb [past tense & past participle Sickened; present participle & verbal noun Sickening.]

1. To make sick; to disease.

Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.— Matthew Prior

2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.

3. To impair; to weaken. obsolete William Shakespeare


Sick′en intransitive verb

1. To become sick; to fall into disease.

The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.

Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.— William Shakespeare

3. To become disgusting or tedious.

The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.— Oliver Goldsmith

4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.

All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.— Alexander Pope

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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