Analysis Complete

sick

/ sick /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
people who are sick
"they devote their lives to caring for the sick"
Type of:
people
Derived:
vomit vomit up purge cast cat
adjective Sense 2
not in good physical or mental health
"ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Similar:
afflicted stricken aguish ailing indisposed peaked(p) poorly(p) sickly
Opposites:
well
See also:
unhealthy unfit
adjective satellite Sense 3
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Similar:
ill
verb Sense 4
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"
"He purged continuously"
"The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
Opposites:
keep down
Type of:
excrete egest eliminate
Derived:
vomit vomiting emesis regurgitation disgorgement
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 5
affected with madness or insanity
"a man who had gone mad"
Similar:
insane
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
3
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people afflicted stricken aguish ailing indisposed peaked(p) poorly(p) sickly well ill excrete