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View definitions for sicken

sicken

verb as in revolt, make ill

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The film is sumptuous yet sickening, gentle but gripping.

From Salon

Mr Combs has denied all the charges against him, calling the accusations "sickening" and the result of people looking for a "quick payday".

From BBC

However, scores of barn cats, mice and other animals have been sickened — and have died — by drinking infected raw milk.

Infections have sickened dairy workers and raw milk drinkers alike, but Kennedy and McAfee apparently believe that the solution is less regulation, not more.

From Salon

Kyle said it was “sickening... obscene. It was, you know, obviously designed to cause discomfort of some sort”.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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