SICKER | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Sick

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

Old English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: sɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

affected by physical or mental illness

Short Definition:

affected by physical or mental illness

Examples:
  • nursing very sick children
  • half my staff were off sick
  • visiting the sick and the elderly
Definition:

feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit

Short Definition:

feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit

Examples:
  • he was starting to feel sick
  • Mark felt sick with fear
Definition:

intensely annoyed with or bored by (someone or something) as a result of having had too much of them

Short Definition:

intensely annoyed with or bored by person or thing as result of having had too much of them

Examples:
  • I'm absolutely sick of your moods
Definition:

(especially of humour) having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject and dealing with it in an offensive way

Short Definition:

having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject

Examples:
  • this was someone's idea of a sick joke
Definition:

very good; excellent

Short Definition:

excellent

Examples:
  • it was a sick party and there were tons of cool people there

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