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Meaning of sickness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈsɪknɪs

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
    uncountable, usually
  2. 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
  3. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
    uncountable, usually
  4. The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
    uncountable, usually
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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...
  12. enfermedad, dolencia, mal;acute African sleeping ___ → ___ africana del sueño;
  13. The condition of being sick; illness.

Equivalents

Afrikaans siekte
العربية المرض دوى سقم مرض
Azərbaycanca xəstəlik
Български болест
Bosanski nemoć болест
Català malaltia
Čeština nemoc
Español dolencia enfermedad
Français maladie
Gaeilge galar othras tinneas
Gàidhlig euslaint galar tinneas
Galego doenza
עברית חולי
Hrvatski nemoć болест
Bahasa Indonesia ilat
日本語 あんべ 吐き気 患い 病気
한국어 멀미 질병
Nederlands misselijkheid ziekte
Polski choroba
Português doença
Slovenščina bolezen
Српски nemoć болест
Svenska sjukdom sot
Kiswahili ugonjwa
తెలుగు రోగము వ్యాధి
Tagalog sakit
Türkçe maraz
Українська хвороба
Tiếng Việt bệnh

Examples

“I do lament the sickness of the king.”
“18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms.”
“Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life.”
“We can now return to the question of how we treat the phenomenon of dative sickness (the possibility of substituting dative in place of accusative on the experiencer nominal) in Icelandic.”

CEFR level

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Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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