There has been a lot of sickness in my family this winter.
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Sickness
/ˈsɪknɪs/
Synonyms for "sickness" (150 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Noun(5 words)
aberrationabnormalityacute diseaseaffectionafflictionailmentalienationallergic diseaseallergyatrophybacterial diseasebirth defectblightbrain damagebrainsicknesscardiovascular diseasechronic diseasecirculatory diseaseclouded mindcomplaint
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Adjective(1 words)
current illness
Strong matches (45)
daftnessdefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedementednessdementiaderangementdisabilitydiseasedisgustdisorderdisorientationdistemperdistractionendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefolie
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functional diseasefungus diseasefurorgastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasehandicaphereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseillill healthillnessindisposednessindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinsanenessinsanityirrationality
Noun(7 words)
Related words (75)
loss of mindloss of reasonlunacymadnessmaladymalaisemaniamental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmind overthrownmindsicknessmorbiditymorbusmuscular disease
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neurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseoddnessorganic diseasepandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypippixilationplant diseasepossessionprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseasequeernessrabidnessreasonlessnessrespiratory diseaserockinesssecondary diseaseseedinesssenselessnessshattered mindsick mindsickishnesssignsignsstrangenesssymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe piptroubleunbalanceunbalanced mindunhealthfulnessunhealthinessunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of mindurogenital diseasevirus diseasewasting diseasewitlessnessworm disease
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
poor health
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10 entriesconditiondefectivenessdiseasefaultinesshealth problemill healthphysiological sensationstatesymptomunhealthiness
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14 total sentences available.
Health is not valued until sickness comes.
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Germs can cause sickness.
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Sickness kept me from attending the party.
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