Associations to the word «Sicken»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SICKEN, verb. (transitive) To make ill.
SICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become ill.
SICKEN, verb. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
SICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
SICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
SICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
Dictionary definition
SICKEN, verb. Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us".
SICKEN, verb. Get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital".
SICKEN, verb. Upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners".
SICKEN, verb. Make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me".
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