sicken

[ sik-uhn ]

/ ˈsɪk ən /

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verb (used with or without object)

to make or become sick.

OTHER WORDS FOR sicken

repulse, revolt, disgust, upset.

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Origin of sicken

1150–1200; Middle English seknen, sicnen; cognate with Old Norse sjūkna.See sick¹, -en¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sicken

re·sick·en, verbun·sick·ened, adjective

Words nearby sicken

sickbed, sick building syndrome, sick call, sick day, sick-dog, sicken, sickener, sickening, sicker, Sickert, sick headache

How to use sicken in a sentence

Some forms of blue-green algae produce toxins that can sicken humans or animals that consume them in drinking water.
Fish blood could hold the answer to safer de-icing solutions during snowstorms|By Monika Bleszynski/The Conversation|February 1, 2021|Popular-Science
Since the pandemic reached the United States last winter, first responders have been transporting people sickened with the coronavirus to the hospital, entering infected homes with only the protection of masks and their own immune system.
Firefighter who nearly died of covid begs front-line workers: ‘Please, get the shots’|Katie Mettler|January 22, 2021|Washington Post
In Marion County, Ohio, where an outbreak sickened more than 80 percent of inmates and 160 staff by the end of April, health officials traced around half of the county’s 112 cases outside of the prison back to it.
On surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic|Sarah Scoles|January 21, 2021|Popular-Science
Barron praised his staff members, who have weathered unprecedented pressure and coronavirus outbreaks that have sickened at least 34 election employees.
Pair of Georgia runoff races are razor close with U.S. Senate control at stake|Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner, Paulina Firozi, Amy B Wang|January 6, 2021|Washington Post

It hijacks your cells to do this—and that’s how it sickens you, by forcing your cells to make new viruses instead of what they should be doing.
Vaccines Are the Safest Medical Procedure We Have. Make Your Wager Wisely - Facts So Romantic|Stuart Firestein|December 29, 2020|Nautilus
Or because the series of unfortunate events that we call old age tends to find and sicken the elderly?
Barbara Walters Hit With Chicken Pox—a Rare Malady Among Octogenarians|Kent Sepkowitz|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And, to do Robinson justice, this last thought made his heart sicken and his flesh creep more than all the rest.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
His colour sicken'd more and more,He faded into age; And then his enemies beganTo show their deadly rage.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
When love begins to sicken and decay / It useth an enforced ceremony.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Invader and victim lie in the same grave, burn in the same heap; they sicken while they work, and the pestilence spreads.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Hev ye ever tried ter raise a young hawk in a bird-cage, an' watched hit sicken an' die?
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck

British Dictionary definitions for sicken

sicken

/ (ˈsɪkən) /

verb

to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted

(intr often foll by for) to show symptoms (of an illness)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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