sicken
verb/ˈsɪkən/
/ˈsɪkən/
(British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sicken | /ˈsɪkən/ /ˈsɪkən/ |
| he / she / it sickens | /ˈsɪkənz/ /ˈsɪkənz/ |
| past simple sickened | /ˈsɪkənd/ /ˈsɪkənd/ |
| past participle sickened | /ˈsɪkənd/ /ˈsɪkənd/ |
| -ing form sickening | /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/ /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] sicken somebody to make somebody feel very shocked and angry synonym disgust, nauseate (2)
- Reading the report of the attack sickened him.
- The public is becoming sickened by these pictures of violence and death.
- [intransitive] to become ill
- (old-fashioned) The baby sickened and died before his first birthday.
- (British English) Faye hasn't eaten all day—she must be sickening for something.
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