noun
people who are sick
Examples
- they devote their lives to caring for the sick
verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Synonyms
Examples
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Synonyms
Examples
- ill from the monotony of his suffering
adjective
feeling nausea
Synonyms
Examples
- feeling about to vomit
adjective
affected with madness or insanity
Synonyms
Examples
- a man who had gone mad
adjective
having a strong distaste from surfeit
Synonyms
disgusted
fed up(p)
sick(p)
sick of(p)
tired of(p)
Examples
- 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
adjective
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
adjective
deeply affected by a strong feeling
Examples
- sat completely still, sick with envy
- she was sick with longing
adjective
shockingly repellent
Synonyms
Examples
- 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