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- DictionarySick/sik/
adjective
- 1. affected by physical or mental illness: "nursing very sick children"
- 2. feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit: "he was starting to feel sick"
noun
- 1. vomit: British "she was busy wiping sick from the carpet"
verb
- 1. bring something up by vomiting: British "he was passing blood and sicking it up"
The meaning of SICK is affected with disease or ill health : ailing. How to use sick in a sentence.
SICK meaning: 1. physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy: 2. to tell your employer, usually by phone…. Learn more.
Sick definition: affected with ill health, disease, or illness; ailing. See examples of SICK used in a sentence.
While sick usually refers to people with physical or mental illnesses, it can also be used to describe an object or system that isn't working right, like a sick economy. Sick can also mean that you're tired of something, like a song you have heard too many times — you're sick of it.
1. a. Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing. b. Of or for sick persons: sick wards. c. Nauseated. 2. a. Mentally ill or disturbed. b. Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic: a sick joke; a sick crime. 3. Defective; unsound: a sick economy. 4. a. Deeply distressed; upset: sick with worry. b. Disgusted; revolted.
Definition of sick adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. He's very sick. He needs medication. She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money. He was not evil, but he was sick.
to be bored with or annoyed about something that has been happening for a long time: I'm sick of people telling me how to run my life. It makes me sick. informal. something you say when you are jealous of someone: She looks fantastic whatever she wears - it makes me sick. sick adjective (CRUEL) cruel and unpleasant: He's got a sick mind.
Synonyms for SICK: poorly, ill, bad, down, unwell, dizzy, sickened, weak; Antonyms of SICK: well, whole, healthy, sound, healthful, wholesome, cured, hale
adjective. sickest, sicker. Suffering from disease or illness; unwell; ill. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Having nausea; about to vomit or in the act of vomiting. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Of or for sick people.