1
[ verb ] cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Synonyms

revolt nauseate churn_up disgust

Examples

"The pornographic pictures sickened us"

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

He was angry , sickened .

Related terms

repel shock nausea

2
[ verb ] get sick

Synonyms

come_down

Examples

"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Watson turned_away , sickened for_the_first_time in many months .

Related terms

worsen contract canker wan

3
[ verb ] upset and make nauseated

Synonyms

turn_one's_stomach nauseate

Examples

"The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach" "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

Related terms

disgust nausea

4
[ verb ] make sick or ill

Examples

"This kind of food sickens me

Related terms

harm gag

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Rhymes with

second stricken can chicken thicken quicken silicon franciscan weaken beacon deacon dominican shaken slacken spoken steichen millikan republican american sunken lincoln forsaken beckon reckon tuscan african puerto_rican vatican aachen aken mistaken alaskan unspoken outspoken mexican corsican nebraskan zircon mozambican mohican etruscan bacon macon woken liken lichen waken token taken cancun shrunken unshaken vulcan blacken bracken broken housebroken mencken american duncan republican awaken balkan moroccan darken falcon harken drunken copernican heartbroken pelican jamaican unbroken reawaken anglican african

Phonetic and Homophones

S IH1 K AH0 N

Similar Spelling

siskin sign Signe Sison sikkim Sigyn

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