sicken

[sik-uhn]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become sick.

2. to cause or experience disgust, outrage, or loathing.

   Synonyms: upset, outrage, disgust, revolt, revolt, repulse

sicken

/ ˈsɪkən /

verb

1. to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted

2. to show symptoms (of an illness)

Other Word Forms

• resicken verb
• unsickened adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sicken¹

1150–1200; Middle English seknen, sicnen; cognate with Old Norse sjūkna. See sick ¹, -en ¹

Example Sentences

“Looking back at that is sickening,” he says, adding that he has apologized where he could.

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Reporters view this as a service, keeping recorded facts separate from sickening mythology.

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Simon Jones was carried off on a stretcher after a sickening knee injury and other plans fell at the first hurdle.

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Policing Minister Sarah Jones told the BBC that the government would not tolerate these "sickening comments" and urged people to report them.

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“For somebody just to lie about it was just sickening.”

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Related Words

• affect 
• afflict 
• disgust 
• nauseate 
• offend 
• repel 
• repulse