sick
ADJECTIVE:
1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2. suffering from or affected with a disease or disorder.
3. suffering from ill health.
4. mentally ill or disturbed.
5. affected with disease or ill health; ailing.
6. sickened by strong emotion:
sick with fear; worried sick.
7. mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered; morbid:
sick thoughts.
8. constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within, as of a building.
9. not in proper condition; impaired.
10. not in working order.
11. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; pallid or sickly:
a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
12. lacking vigor; sickly.
of nausea:
1. queasy, nauseated:
sick to one's stomach; was sick in the car.
2. affected with nausea; inclined or likely to vomit.
of the spirit:
1. deeply affected with a mental or spiritual feeling akin to physical sickness:
sick at heart.
2. mentally, psychologically, or spiritually disturbed.
3. spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt.
of the mind or humor:
1. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound:
a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
2. characteristic of a sick mind:
sick fancies.
3. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid:
a sick comedian; sick jokes.
4. Informal. delighting in or catering for the macabre or sadistic; morbid:
sick humor.
of disgust, distaste, chagrin, etc:
1. disgusted; chagrined.
2. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom:
sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
3. filled with disgust or chagrin:
gossip makes me sick.
4. having a strong distaste from surfeit; satiated:
sick of flattery.
5. highly distasteful; macabre, sadistic:
sick jokes; a sick crime.
Examples:
He is at home sick in bed; She is sick with the flu. —Merriam-Webster.
for sick persons:
1. of, relating to, or for use during sickness:
He applied for sick benefits.
2. of, relating to, or used by people who are unwell:
sick benefits.
3. of or for sick persons.
4. of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness:
took five sick days this month; a sick ward.
of longing and pining:
1. (often foll by for) weary with longing; pining:
I am sick for my own country.
2. depressed and longing for something:
sick for one's home.
of land, agriculture:
1. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified:
a wheat-sick soil.
2. containing harmful microorganisms:
a sick field.
3. unfit for the adequate production of certain crops.
4. incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop:
sick soils.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sik, sek, Old English sēoc; cognate with Dutch ziek, German siech, Old Norse sjūkr, Gothic siuks. Dictionary 2: Old English sēoc; related to Old Norse skjūkr, Gothic siuks, Old High German sioh. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Adjective: before the 12th century. Noun: 1957. History and Etymology: Adjective: Middle English sek, sik, from Old English sēoc; akin to Old High German sioh sick. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2. suffering from or affected with a disease or disorder.
3. suffering from ill health.
4. mentally ill or disturbed.
5. affected with disease or ill health; ailing.
6. sickened by strong emotion:
sick with fear; worried sick.
7. mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered; morbid:
sick thoughts.
8. constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within, as of a building.
9. not in proper condition; impaired.
10. not in working order.
11. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; pallid or sickly:
a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
12. lacking vigor; sickly.
of nausea:
1. queasy, nauseated:
sick to one's stomach; was sick in the car.
2. affected with nausea; inclined or likely to vomit.
of the spirit:
1. deeply affected with a mental or spiritual feeling akin to physical sickness:
sick at heart.
2. mentally, psychologically, or spiritually disturbed.
3. spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt.
of the mind or humor:
1. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound:
a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
2. characteristic of a sick mind:
sick fancies.
3. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid:
a sick comedian; sick jokes.
4. Informal. delighting in or catering for the macabre or sadistic; morbid:
sick humor.
of disgust, distaste, chagrin, etc:
1. disgusted; chagrined.
2. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom:
sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
3. filled with disgust or chagrin:
gossip makes me sick.
4. having a strong distaste from surfeit; satiated:
sick of flattery.
5. highly distasteful; macabre, sadistic:
sick jokes; a sick crime.
Examples:
He is at home sick in bed; She is sick with the flu. —Merriam-Webster.
for sick persons:
1. of, relating to, or for use during sickness:
He applied for sick benefits.
2. of, relating to, or used by people who are unwell:
sick benefits.
3. of or for sick persons.
4. of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness:
took five sick days this month; a sick ward.
of longing and pining:
1. (often foll by for) weary with longing; pining:
I am sick for my own country.
2. depressed and longing for something:
sick for one's home.
of land, agriculture:
1. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified:
a wheat-sick soil.
2. containing harmful microorganisms:
a sick field.
3. unfit for the adequate production of certain crops.
4. incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop:
sick soils.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sik, sek, Old English sēoc; cognate with Dutch ziek, German siech, Old Norse sjūkr, Gothic siuks. Dictionary 2: Old English sēoc; related to Old Norse skjūkr, Gothic siuks, Old High German sioh. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Adjective: before the 12th century. Noun: 1957. History and Etymology: Adjective: Middle English sek, sik, from Old English sēoc; akin to Old High German sioh sick. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.