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as in poorly
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
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as in shocked
filled with disgust
it makes me sick to think of someone hurting a helpless animal
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as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I'm sick of listening to this radio station
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as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such books
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Recent Examples of sick
Less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.
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CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
And Israel launched a humanitarian operation in 2013 that for years ferried wounded and sick Syrians into Israel for treatment at Israeli hospitals.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
In about 1 in 10,000 who get sick with measles and recover from it, the virus lies dormant in the brain for about a decade.
—Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
And, yes, Ramirez got sick a ton of times along the way.
—EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
And Israel launched a humanitarian operation in 2013 that for years ferried wounded and sick Syrians into Israel for treatment at Israeli hospitals.
—Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
In about 1 in 10,000 who get sick with measles and recover from it, the virus lies dormant in the brain for about a decade.
—Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
And, yes, Ramirez got sick a ton of times along the way.
—EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.—
Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2024
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Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 Mar. 2021
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When Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead last month in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home, the community was shocked.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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The comedy community, meanwhile, was shocked, too, because Hoffman is mostly known as a curmudgeon.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2025
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The virus spreads easily and can make anyone ill, with symptoms usually lasting one to three days.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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The domoic acid event impacting adult animals comes just as centers are gearing up to rescue pups born last summer that often come in dehydrated and ill this time of year because of a lack of food sources.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
28 Feb. 2025
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Markets grow tired of tariff changes U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday on tariff flip-flop fatigue.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sleep deprivation comes with real costs Chronic sleep deprivation does more than leave people tired.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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The scene in which Anderson single-handedly faces down both the corrupt deputy and the Klan’s most murderous henchman is a master class in range.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Schwarz sees the blackout as a way for Americans to use their economic might in the form of their purchasing power to fight corporate greed and corrupt politicians.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Jayson Tatum kept the Celtics in the game most of the night with 33 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but Brown had one of his worst games of the year with just 10 points.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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How to build good habits and break bad ones via tiny changes in behavior. … Paperback fiction 1.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Roach called for a rematch afterward, disgusted that he was not credited with the knockdown in the ninth round.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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Other commenters were downright disgusted by the topic being explored on the show.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
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Terry Hall’s voice was crucial; his vocals were often recorded in two separate takes, one bored and one angry, which were then mixed together.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And in another filmed short, original cast member Laraine Newman’s nostalgic return to Studio 8H was accompanied by Pete Davidson’s bored, dim Chad.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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