sicken
VerbUS[sik-uhn]/ˈsɪkən/2 syllables
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Verb (4)sickens, sickened, sickening
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of“The pornographic pictures sickened us”Synonyms: disgustrevoltnauseatechurn upMore general repel, repulseMore specific shock, offend
- get sick“She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital”Synonyms: come downMore general worsen, declineMore specific contract, canker, wan
- 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
- 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