sicker; sickest
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: spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt
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: lacking vigor : sickly: such as
a
: badly outclassed
made the competition look sick
b
: incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop
sick soils
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slang
: outstandingly or amazingly good or impressive
Rookie was phenomenal Friday. His goal was nice, but the pass to twin brother, Chris, … was downright sick.—
Roy Lang III
Roy Lang III
British
Synonyms
Examples of sick in a Sentence
Adjective
He is at home sick in bed.
She is sick with the flu.
I'm too sick to go to work.
The medicine just made me sicker.
The sickest patients are in intensive care.
My poor rosebush looks sick.
She has been on the sick list all week.
The way they treat people makes me sick.
Recent Examples on the WebDavid J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Its chemical cousins delta-8 is already here — and making some people sick.
—John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Doctors and researchers are raising alarms about risks from the fast emerging, unregulated products as poison centers and hospitals see a sharp rise in reports of children and adults getting sick, the media partnership has found.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Adult vaccination protects kids from whooping cough, and lessens the disease if the vaccinated person does get sick.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
Billions of crabs disappeared in the northern Pacific; sea lions and dolphins are washing up sick; iconic coral reefs are undergoing mass bleaching.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
Additionally, five patients have either died or became too sick while on the waiting list for a liver transplant so far in 2024.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
Herd numbers are expanding in some areas, which increases the chances that a satellite ram looking for love will encounter a domestic sheep or sick bighorn from another herd and bring illness back home.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
In one study, published in 2013, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh swabbed the noses and mouths of people sick with the flu.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Salmonella is among the most common foodborne illnesses, making 1.35 million people in the United States sick each year, hospitalizing about 26,500 and killing about 420.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Its chemical cousins delta-8 is already here — and making some people sick.
—John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Doctors and researchers are raising alarms about risks from the fast emerging, unregulated products as poison centers and hospitals see a sharp rise in reports of children and adults getting sick, the media partnership has found.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Adult vaccination protects kids from whooping cough, and lessens the disease if the vaccinated person does get sick.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
Billions of crabs disappeared in the northern Pacific; sea lions and dolphins are washing up sick; iconic coral reefs are undergoing mass bleaching.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
Additionally, five patients have either died or became too sick while on the waiting list for a liver transplant so far in 2024.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
Herd numbers are expanding in some areas, which increases the chances that a satellite ram looking for love will encounter a domestic sheep or sick bighorn from another herd and bring illness back home.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
In one study, published in 2013, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh swabbed the noses and mouths of people sick with the flu.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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