EGAVE

sick

About 25.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective In poor health; ill.
    We have to care for the sick.
  2. adjective .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
    She was sick all day with the flu.
  3. adjective Having an urge to vomit.
    My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
  4. adjective Mentally unstable, disturbed.
    You sick bastard!
  5. adjective In bad taste.
    That’s a sick joke.
  6. adjective [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
    sick and tired of the whining—sick of waiting—'sick of politics
  7. adjective Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
    This tune is sick.
  8. adjective In poor condition.
    sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick

Similar words

sickly sickish unwell indisposed ailing infirm be sick faint queasy liverish

Often followed by

and of man or with to in person leave

Word family

sicker sickest sicks

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