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Sicken

//ˈsɪkən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make ill. transitive

    "The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed."

  2. 2
    get sick wordnet
  3. 3
    To become ill. intransitive

    "I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise."

  4. 4
    make sick or ill wordnet
  5. 5
    To fill with disgust or abhorrence. transitive

    "His arrogant behaviour sickens me."

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  1. 6
    cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of wordnet
  2. 7
    To lower the standing of.

    "Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them."

  3. 8
    upset and make nauseated wordnet
  4. 9
    To be filled with disgust or abhorrence. intransitive

    "Mine eyes did sicken at the sight."

  5. 10
    To become disgusting or tedious. intransitive

    "The toiling pleasure sickens into pain."

  6. 11
    To become weak; to decay; to languish. intransitive

    "All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink."

Etymology

From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick + -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).

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