affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; ill from the monotony of his suffering
[ Syn: ill ]
sick (adj.)
people who are sick; they devote their lives to caring for the sick'
sick (n.)
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
affected with madness or insanity; a man who had gone mad
[ Syn: brainsick , crazy , demented , disturbed , mad , unbalanced , unhinged ]
having a strong distaste from surfeit; 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
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; 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
deeply affected by a strong feeling; sat completely still, sick with envy; she was sick with longing'
shockingly repellent; 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
sick (adj.)
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; After drinking too much, the students vomited; He purged continuously; The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
[ Syn: vomit , vomit up , purge , cast , cat , be sick , disgorge , regorge , retch , puke , barf , spew , spue , chuck , upchuck , honk , regurgitate , throw up ]