verb
Meaning 1
To make ill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sicken
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪkən/
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rhymes with -ɪkən
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CMU ARPABET: S IH1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To become ill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To lower the standing of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To become disgusting or tedious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To become weak; to decay; to languish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
get sick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worsen, decline
Narrower terms: wan, contract, take, get, canker
verb
Meaning 9
make sick or ill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This kind of food sickens me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: harm
Narrower terms: gag, choke
verb
Meaning 10
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disgust, revolt, nauseate, churn up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repel, repulse
Narrower terms: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
verb
Meaning 11
upset and make nauseated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseate, turn one's stomach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel
History
Etymology
From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick + -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَمْرَضَ (ʔamraḍa) — to make ill
- Bulgarian: разболявам (razboljavam) — to make ill
- Choctaw: abekʋchi — to make ill
- Esperanto: malsanigi — to make ill
- French: rendre malade — to make ill
- Galician: enfermar — to make ill
- Galician: afervoar — to make ill
- Ido: maladigar — to make ill
- Italian: ammalare — to make ill
- Japanese: 病ませる (yamaseru) — to make ill
- Turkish: hasta etmek — to make ill
- Ottoman Turkish: خسته ایتمك (hasta etmek) — to make ill
- Volapük: malädükön — to make ill