- sicken
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)v. ail; languish, droop, waste away; cloy, weary; make ill, afflict; nauseate, revolt. See disease, pain, dislike.II(Roget's IV) v.1. [To contract a disease]Syn. become ill, become sick, take sick, fall ill, become diseased, fall victim to a disease, be stricken, run a temperature, run a fever, be taken with, come down with, get a disease, catch a disease, pick up a disease, acquire, incur, suffer a relapse, languish, waste away, break out, catch one's death*, be laid by the heels*, pick up a bug*.2. [To offend]Syn. repel, nauseate, revolt; see disgust .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.nauseate, make ill, turn one's stomach, disgust, revolt, make one want to throw up, *gross out, repel.ANT.: delight, please, attractIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, develop, get, take. Idiom: come down with. See GET. 2. To offend the senses or feelings of: disgust, nauseate, repel, revolt. Idiom: turn one's stomach. See LIKE.
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