sick

Noun

• people who are sick
  • "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"
• Vomit.
• (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.

Verb

Verb Forms: sicked, sicking, sicks

• To urge to attack; to set upon (same as sic).
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
• To vomit.
• To fall sick; to sicken.
• Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”).

Adjective

• Affected by disease or ill health; feeling nauseous.
• affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

Adjective Satellite

• feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
• affected with madness or insanity
• having a strong distaste from surfeit
  • "sick of it all"
  • "sick to death of flattery"
  • "gossip that makes one sick"
• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
• deeply affected by a strong feeling
  • "sat completely still, sick with envy"
  • "she was sick with longing"
• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Adj

• In poor health; ill.
• Having an urge to vomit.
• Mentally unstable, disturbed.
• In bad taste.
• Tired of or annoyed by something [with of].
• Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
• In poor condition.
• Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

Examples

• Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!
• He felt sick after realizing he missed a bingo word by one letter in Words With Friends.
• He showed off his sick surfing skills.
• I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
• I’ve heard that song on the radio so many times that I’m starting to get sick of it.
• My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
• Players might sick their highest-scoring words on unsuspecting open lanes.
• She was sick all day with the flu.
• sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick
• That’s a sick joke.
• This tune is sick.
• We have to care for the sick.
• You sick bastard!

Synonyms

barf, be sick, brainsick, cast, cat, chuck, crazy, demented, disgorge, disgusted, disturbed, fed up, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, honk, ill, macabre, mad, nauseated, nauseous, pale, pallid, puke, purge, queasy, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick of, sickish, spew, spue, throw up, tired of, unbalanced, unhinged, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, wan, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, bang on, bang-up, barfy, based, beneship, bitching, bomb, brilliant, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, disease-ridden, diseased, dope, excellent, exceptional, fab, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantastic, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-rate, fly, frabjous, gnarly, great, grouse, infect, infected, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, marvelous, morbid, morbific, morbose, nang, nauseatic, not well, out of sight, outstanding, peng, phat, phenomenal, poorly, pukey, pukish, pukka, quality, rad, radical, rum, sick, sick to one's stomach, sickly, slap-up, slick, spiffing, splendid, sterling, super, superb, superior, sweet, swell, terrific, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tubular, twisted, unhealthy, unwell, vomity, warped, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, worldie

Antonyms

keep down, well, crap, fit, healthy, naff, uncool

Anagrams of sick