sickness
NounUS[sik-nuhs]/ˈsɪknəs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismSynonyms: illnessunwellnessmaladyOpposite wellnessType of ill health, unhealthinessKinds disease, collapse, ague, growth, toxemia of pregnancy, food poisoning, catastrophic illness, anuresis, indisposition, decompression sickness +5 more
- defectiveness or unsoundness“drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure”“a great sickness of his judgment”Type of defectiveness, faultiness
- the state that precedes vomitingSynonyms: nauseaType of symptomKinds queasiness, motion sickness, morning sickness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sick′ness noun
Origin: AS. seócness.
1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.
I do lament the sickness of the king.— William Shakespeare
Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms.— Alexander Pope
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Synonyms: Illness; disease; malady. See Illness.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54