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Definitions for Sick

[1] afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
[2] affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
[3] deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
[4] mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
[5] characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
[6] dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian; sick jokes.
[7] of, relating to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
[8] accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
[9] disgusted; chagrined.
[10] not in proper condition; impaired.
[11] Slang . great; amazing: The plot is boring but the special effects are sick!
[12] Agriculture . failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil. containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.
[13] Now Rare . menstruating.
[14] (used with a plural verb ) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the ).
[15] call in sick , to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
[16] sick and tired , utterly weary; fed up: I'm sick and tired of working so hard!
[17] sick at one's stomach , Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. nauseated.
[18] sick to one's stomach , Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. nauseated.
[19] sic1.
[20] to attack (used especially in commanding a dog): Sic 'em!
[21] to incite to attack (usually followed by on ).
[22] inclined or likely to vomit
[23] suffering from ill health (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the sick
[24] of, relating to, or used by people who are unwell sick benefits (in combination ) sickroom
[25] deeply affected with a mental or spiritual feeling akin to physical sickness sick at heart
[26] mentally, psychologically, or spiritually disturbed
[27] informal delighting in or catering for the macabre or sadistic; morbid sick humour
[28] Also: sick and tired (often foll by of) informal disgusted or weary, esp because satiated I am sick of his everlasting laughter
[29] (often foll by for) weary with longing; pining I am sick for my own country
[30] pallid or sickly
[31] not in working order
[32] (of land) unfit for the adequate production of certain crops
[33] look sick slang to be outclassed
[34] an informal word for vomit
[35] a variant spelling of sic 2
[36] so or thus: inserted in brackets in a written or printed text to indicate that an odd or questionable reading is what was actually written or printed
[37] to turn on or attack: used only in commands, as to a dog
[38] to urge (a dog) to attack
[39] a Scot word for such

Words related to Sick

disordered, indisposed, down, ailing, incurable, funny, nauseated, debilitated, invalid, wobbly, frail, imperfect, suffering, confined, impaired, peaked, ill, tottering, green, mean

Words nearby Sick

sicilian, sicilian vespers, siciliano, sicilies, two, sicily, sick, sick and tired, sick as a dog, sick at heart, sick bay, sick building syndrome

Origin of Sick

1First recorded in 1835–45; variant of seek

Word origin for Sick

C19: dialect variant of seek

Synonyms for Sick

ailing, confined, debilitated, declining, disordered, down, frail, funny, green, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, incurable, indisposed, infected, invalid, mean, nauseated, peaked, suffering, tottering, wobbly, bedridden, broken down, defective, delicate, diseased, feeble, feverish, in a bad way, in poor health, infirm, laid-up, lousy, not so hot, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog, under medication, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, weak