sicker
1 Americanadjective
adjective
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safe from danger; secure.
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dependable; trustworthy.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sicker
before 900; Middle English siker, Old English sicor; cognate with Dutch zeker, German sicher, all ≪ Latin sēcūrus; see secure
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As a result, many healthy people drop coverage, leaving the enrollee pool sicker and pushing premiums even higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Raad was the sicker of the two - his ribs visible and his chest heaving as he took rapid, shallow breaths.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I was getting sicker and sicker,” he told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
She described the vets in the study as older and sicker than the general public.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The abandoned makeshift hospital looks sicker than its patients.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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