as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
More than 130 people have been sickened with measles in the two states, most of them children under the age of 18.
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Pien Huang, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
The measles outbreak, which has killed two people to date and sickened nearly 260 across three states, represents the first time Kennedy has had to reckon with his past as a longtime critic of vaccines and his new leadership of the federal health establishment.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
For the first time in a decade, someone in the U.S. has died from measles — an unvaccinated child in Texas caught up in an outbreak that has sickened more than 120 other people.
—Susan Kressly, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
According to a press release shared by the Scarborough Police Department, a 911 call was received from the Wentworth School just after 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 6, about students being sickened.
—David Chiu, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Pien Huang, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
The measles outbreak, which has killed two people to date and sickened nearly 260 across three states, represents the first time Kennedy has had to reckon with his past as a longtime critic of vaccines and his new leadership of the federal health establishment.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
For the first time in a decade, someone in the U.S. has died from measles — an unvaccinated child in Texas caught up in an outbreak that has sickened more than 120 other people.
—Susan Kressly, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
According to a press release shared by the Scarborough Police Department, a 911 call was received from the Wentworth School just after 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 6, about students being sickened.
—David Chiu, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
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Your husband is disgusted with you too but is trying his best to clean up too.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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In her discussion of Christianity, King relishes the absurdity that results when a religion that is disgusted by female sexuality also engages in mother worship.—
S. C. Cornell,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Even as the Russians massed forces and achieved a three-to-one advantage in troops in Kursk late last year, the Ukrainians held on—deploying mines, drones and artillery to repeatedly repulse Russian mechanized assaults.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.—
David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2024
Verb
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Americans are nauseated as an outbreak of the stomach flu hits the country.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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Although the drink was nontoxic, the student had a headache and felt nauseated after drinking the mixture and had to be hospitalized, officials said.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
8 Mar. 2024
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In Hartford, Nettie Parker and two friends said they were horrified by immigrants disappearing off the streets.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Fierce and determined, and then uncertain and horrified by the toll this vital work takes on her personal life, Knightley is at her masterful, understated best.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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