sicken

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, attract
IV
(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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  • Sicken — Sick en, v. i. 1. To become sick; to fall into disease. [1913 Webster] The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sicken — Sick en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sickened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sickening}.] 1. To make sick; to disease. [1913 Webster] Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sicken of — [phrasal verb] sicken of (something) US : to lose interest in (something) because you have had too much of it He soon sickened of [=got sick of] busy city life and moved out to the country. • • • Main Entry: ↑sicken …   Useful english dictionary

  • sicken — ► VERB 1) make disgusted or appalled. 2) become ill. 3) (sicken for) begin to show symptoms of (an illness). 4) (sickening) informal very irritating or annoying. DERIVATIVES sickeningly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • sicken — index degenerate, disable, languish, repel (disgust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sicken — (v.) c.1200, to become sick, originally the verb was simply sick (mid 12c.), from SICK (Cf. sick) (adj.) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Transf. sense of to make sick is recorded from 1690s. Related: Sickened; SICKENING (Cf. sickening) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sicken — *disgust, nauseate Analogous words: revolt, offend, repulse (see corresponding adjectives at OFFENSIVE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sicken — [v] revolt, make ill affect, afflict, derange, disgust, disorder, gross out*, nauseate, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, turn, turn one’s stomach*, unhinge, unsettle, upset; concepts 14,246 Ant. cure, heal, help, make well, mend …   New thesaurus

  • sicken — [sik′ən] vt., vi. [ME sekenen] to make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc. sickener n …   English World dictionary

  • Sicken — Einbringen einer Sicke in ein zylindrisches Rohr aus Blech Sicken sind manuell oder maschinell hergestellte rinnenförmige Vertiefungen in Blech, Zylindern, Rohren, Gefäßen, Drähten usw., die zur Erhöhung der Steifigkeit von Einzelteilen oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • sicken — sị|cken 〈V. tr.; hat〉 mit Sicken versehen [→ Sicke1] * * * Sicken,   Fertigungstechnik: Umformverfahren zur Herstellung rinnenartiger und bauchiger Vertiefungen in Blechteilen geringer Dicke, um diese zu versteifen oder zu verzieren; gehört wie… …   Universal-Lexikon

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