Meaning & Definition of Sick in English

1. People who are sick

• "They devote their lives to caring for the sick"

1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• "After drinking too much, the students vomited"

• "He purged continuously"

• "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

1. Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

• "Ill from the monotony of his suffering"

2. Feeling nausea

• Feeling about to vomit

3. Affected with madness or insanity

• "A man who had gone mad"

4. Having a strong distaste from surfeit

• "Grew more and more disgusted"

• "Fed up with their complaints"

• "Sick of it all"

• "Sick to death of flattery"

• "Gossip that makes one sick"

• "Tired of the noise and smoke"

5. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness

• Dim or feeble

• "The pale light of a half moon"

• "A pale sun"

• "The late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"

• "A pallid sky"

• "The pale (or wan) stars"

• "The wan light of dawn"

6. Deeply affected by a strong feeling

• "Sat completely still, sick with envy"

• "She was sick with longing"

7. Shockingly repellent

• Inspiring horror

• "Ghastly wounds"

• "The grim aftermath of the bombing"

• "The grim task of burying the victims"

• "A grisly murder"

• "Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"

• "Macabre tales of war and plague in the middle ages"

• "Macabre tortures conceived by madmen"