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sick

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪk/

The English word “sick” has 13 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. In poor health; ill.
  2. [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
  3. Having an urge to vomit.
  4. Mentally unstable, disturbed.
  5. In bad taste.
  6. [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
  7. Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
  8. In poor condition.
  9. Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

noun

  1. Vomit.
  2. (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

  1. To vomit.
  2. To fall sick; to sicken.

Etymology

From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”). See also West Frisian siik, Dutch ziek, German siech, Norwegian Bokmål syk, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sjuk, Danish syg; also Middle Irish socht (“silence, depression”), Old Armenian…

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