Meaning of sick | Babel Free
sɪkDefinitions
- In poor health; ill.
- sick, ill
- [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
- Thoroughly weary, discouraged, or bored.
- sick person, patient
- Having an urge to vomit.
- sick and tired, exasperated and weary: sick and tired of working late.
- first-person singular present indicative of enfermar
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Mentally unstable, disturbed. colloquial
- vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick. braaksel يَتَقَيَّأ повръщано vômito zvratek das Erbrochene opkast εμετόςvómito okse استفراغ oksennus vomiקיא उल्टी करना, उगलवाना bljuvotina hányás muntah æla vomito 吐いたもの 구토물 vėmalai vēmekļi muntah braakseloppkastwymioty کانګی vómito рвота zvratok bruhanje povraćka spyor การอาเจียน kusmuk 嘔吐物 блювота متلی những gì bị nôn mửa ra 呕吐物
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In bad taste. colloquial
- causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening! siekmakend مُثير للإشْمِئْزاز، مُغْثٍ، مُقْرِف отвратителен nojento ohavný Übelkeit erregend modbydelig αηδιαστικός, δυσάρεστος, ενοχλητικόςnauseabundo, repugnante, asqueroso, exasperante ilge مشمئز كننده iljettävä écœrant מגעיל बीभत्स, घिनौना odvratan undorító memualkan, menjemukan viðbjóðslegur disgustoso うんざりする 병나게 하는, 구역질 나게 하는 kraupus, pasibaisėtinas pretīgs...
- [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
- siekmakend بصورةٍ مُثيرَةٍ للإشْمِئْزاز противно nojentamente ohavně widerlich modbydeligt αηδιαστικά repugnantemente ilgelt بطورمشمئز كننده iljettävästi d'une manière écœrante בְּצוּרָה מַגעִילָה बीभत्सता से, घिनौनेपन से odvratno undorítóan; émelyítően secara menjemukan, secara memualkan viðbjóðslega disgustosamente うんざりするほど 진저리 나게 pasibaisėtinai pretīgi; šausmīgi dengan cara yang menjelikkan weerzinwekkendkvalmende, ekkelt, usmakelig obrzydliwie په ناروغه كوونكى ډول nojentamente dezgustăto...
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Very good, excellent, awesome, badass. slang
- the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness. siekte مَرَض боледуване doença nemoc die Krankheit sygdom; -syge αδιαθεσία, ναυτίαenfermedad, mareo iiveldus, haigus بيماري sairaus maladieמחלה बीमारी, रोग, मर्ज, मिचली bolest betegség penyakit veiki malattia 病気 병 liga slimība orang sakit ziektesykdom; kvalmechoroba ناروغتيا، ناجوړتيا، رنځ doença maladie болезнь; тошнота choroba bolezen bolest sjukdom, [sjö]sjuka ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık 生病 хвороба; нуд...
- In poor condition.
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time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days. siekteverlof إجازَه مَرَضِيَّه отпуск по болест licença por doença pracovní neschopnost Fehlen wegen Krankheit sygeorlov αναρρωτική άδεια baja por enfermedad haigusleht مزخصي استعلاجي با حقوق sairasloma congé de maladie חוּפשַת מַחֲלָה रोग अवकाश bolovanje betegszabadság izin sakit veikindafrí congedo per malattia 病欠 병가 atostogos dėl ligos slimības atvaļinājums cuti sakit ziekteverlofsykepermis... etc
- Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
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to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that. kwaad maak يُثير إشْمِئْزاز، يُغيظ отвращавам enojar dělat se špatně (z) krank gøre én syg αηδιάζω reventar/hacer rabiar/dar asco (a alguien) vastikust äratama نگران وناراحت كردن ärsyttää rendre malade לְהַגעִיל के ऊपर नाराज होना, से नाराज होना smučiti dühbe hoz membuat jengkel, membuat mual angra (far stare male) うんざりさせる 화나게 하다 erzinti, siutinti tracināt; kaitināt menjengkelkan ergerenirritere ... etc
- ill people. He visits the sick. die siekes المَرْضى болни os doentes nemocní die Kranken(pl.) de syge οι ασθενείς los enfermos haiged بيماران sairaat les malades הַחוֹלִים रोगी, मरीज bolesnici a betegek orang sakit veikt fólk i malati 病人 병자 ligoniai, sergantieji slimnieki orang sakit zieken de syke chorzy ناروغان os doentes bolnavii больные chorí bolniki bolesnici de sjuka คนป่วย hastalar 病人 хворі بیمار افراد người ốm 病人
- very worried. I'm worried sick about it. baie bekommerd قَلِق جِدا силно разтревожен muito preocupado nemocný úzkostí schrecklich beunruhigt dødbekymret άρρωστος από την ανησυχία muy preocupado, muy angustiado (haiglaselt) pabistav سراسيمه hyvin huolestunut malade d'inquiétude מודאג बहुत परेशान jako zabrinut nagyon aggódik sangat mencemaskan mjög hyggjufullur (molto preoccupato) とても心配して 몹시 걱정하여 iš galvos kraustytis pagalam noraizējies sangat bimbang doodongerust syk av bekymring chory z niepo...
Equivalents
Examples
“We have to care for the sick.”
“Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”
“‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’”
“She was sick all day with the flu.”
“sick with a cold—sick with contagious diseases—sick with sciatica—sick with love—sick with worry”
“My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.”
“In the meantime the old man had gotten up and gone out in the yard and began to vomit. Henry said I believe I feel sick and got up and went out. He went out one door and his father went out the other one. I did not think there was anything wrong with the coffee and I asked my wife to pour this out […]”
“Q. Didn't he complain he was sick before he commenced to vomit? A. He did, just before he said, to me, “I feel sick,” I asked him if he wanted to throw up and he said yes.”
“[…] trying hard to cry. Crying’s good. Crying teaches him to breathe. But I wish he weren’t crying from hunger. I feel dizzy. I sit down and feel a little sick. Maybe I’ll vomit, too. No, I never vomit. I feel sick, but I won’t vomit. I never vomit.”
“I feel sick, like I might vomit, and I'm more tired than I can ever remember feeling.”
“You sick bastard!”
“What a sick, sick feeling / To let you go, my dear”
“That’s a sick joke.”
“sick and tired of the whining—sick of waiting—'sick of politics”
“I’ve heard that song on the radio so many times that I’m starting to get sick of it.”
“I’m so sick of that same old love, the kind that breaks your heart.”
“This tune is sick.”
“He showed off his sick surfing skills.”
“Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!”
“sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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