Analysis Complete

sicken

/ sicken /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
get sick
"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
Type of:
worsen decline
Kinds of:
wan contract take get canker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
make sick or ill
"This kind of food sickens me"
Type of:
harm
Kinds of:
gag choke
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 3
upset and make nauseated
"The smell of the foood turned the pregnant woman''s stomach"
"The mold ont he food sickened the diners"
Type of:
disgust gross out revolt
Derived:
nausea sickness emetic vomit vomitive
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 4
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
"The pornographic pictures sickened us"
Type of:
repel repulse
Kinds of:
shock offend scandalize scandalise appal
Derived:
nausea disgust
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
42%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

worsen decline wan contract take get canker harm gag choke disgust gross out