Synonyms for sick
sɪksick

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1. sick

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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1. sick

   Synonyms:
   diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, riling, feeble, morbid, nauseated, disgusted, corrupt, impaired, valetudinarian

   Antonyms:
   whole, well, healthy, sound, robust, strong, well-conditioned, salubrious

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1. sickadjective

   people who are sick

   "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, pleased, strong, well, unmoved(p), untouched, unalarming, sane

2. ill, sickadjective

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

   "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

   Synonyms:
   grim, sickish, pale, inauspicious, mad, unhinged, sick(p), disturbed, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), ghastly, demented, queasy, ominous, crazy, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, pleased, unaffected, strong, sane, well, untouched, unmoved(p)

3. nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickishadjective

   feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

   Synonyms:
   noisome, nauseous, wan, disgusted, pale, sick(p), sick of(p), offensive, anxious, vile, unbalanced, unhinged, sickening, disturbed, brainsick, gruesome, unquiet, loathsome, macabre, grim, sickish, nauseated, nervous, fed up(p), mad, demented, crazy, nauseating, ghastly, ill, uneasy, queasy, grisly, pallid, tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   unmoved(p), strong, unaffected, sane, pleased, untouched, well, unalarming

4. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhingedadjective

   affected with madness or insanity

   "a man who had gone mad"

   Synonyms:
   harebrained, insane, nauseous, wan, disgusted, gaga, sore, imbalanced, macabre, brainsick, pallid, sick of(p), grisly, disquieted, half-baked, maladjusted, unbalanced, unhinged, disturbed, softheaded, gruesome, dotty, unrestrained, grim, sickish, worried, excited, nauseated, sick(p), fed up(p), mad, wild, pale, upset, delirious, demented, screwball, crazy, ghastly, huffy, ill, queasy, distressed, frantic, tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   well, strong, unmoved(p), unalarming, pleased, untouched, sane, unaffected

5. disgusted, fed up(p), sick(p), sick of(p), tired of(p)adjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   strong, unaffected, sane, untouched, unalarming, unmoved(p), pleased, well

6. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, pale, mad, unhinged, sick(p), ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   pleased, strong, untouched, sane, unaffected, unalarming, well, unmoved(p)

7. sickadjective

   deeply affected by a strong feeling

   "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, pale, mad, unhinged, sick(p), ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, unaffected, untouched, well, strong, unmoved(p), pleased, sane

8. ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sickverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, downcast, nauseous, wan, disgusted, pale, forbidding, dismal, dark, charnel, demented, disconsolate, sepulchral, black, gloomy, low, unbalanced, pallid, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, disturbed, brainsick, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, sickish, ill, nauseated, mordant, sick(p), unhinged, dour, fed up(p), mad, low-spirited, relentless, unforgiving, sorry, crazy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, queasy, drear, grisly, sick of(p), tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, unaffected, sane, untouched, well, strong, unmoved(p), pleased

9. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, eruct, vagabond, gag, throw off, scour, range, frame, ramble, ptyalise, put, cat, claxon, ditch, honk, spill, barf, wander, hurtle, stray, rove, swan, roll, cronk, spew out, chuck, toot, puke, throw, cast, ptyalize, redact, spue, beep, be sick, purge, spit, regorge, blare, purify, vomit up, mould, mold, cast off, shake off, upchuck, disgorge, toss, throw away, heave, tramp, sanctify, contrive, drop, draw, flush, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, reproduce, couch, project, retch, pat, roam, shed

   Antonyms:
   strong, pleased, sane, untouched, unaffected, unalarming, well, unmoved(p)

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1. medical condition

   a type of disease that affect’s physical health

   mark had a medical condition in his heart, luckily the doctors treated it

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

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1. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts

2. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach

3. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   disgusted, tired, weary

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1. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   ill, unwell, ailing, indisposed, diseased, morbid, nauseated, queasy, squeamish, qualmish, disgusted, surfeited, weary, palled, satiated

2. sickverb

   Synonyms:
   sick on, incite, urge

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1. List of paraphrases for "sick":

   ill, diseased, disease, sickness, illness, patient, iil, insane, unwell, crazy, ailing, malate, tired, illand, psycho, maniac, nauseous, sicko, carsick, infirm, sickly, unhealthy, patients, sicker, disgusting

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1. Black Hawk:

   If you treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult like a child, everything usually works out pretty well.

2. Joe Biden:

   I am sick and tired of this administration. I am sick and tired of what's going on, i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I hope you are too.

3. Lenny Bruce:

   I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values.

4. Danica Baxter grandfather:

   I think it was a murder-suicide, my heart is sick. It's sick. It's sick. It's going to be a while before my heart get back right.

5. Tim Ryan:

   We're sick of that rhetoric, we're sick of it coming from the White House, we're sick of it coming from Steve King, it's time to put our foot down.