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Sick
adjective (compar. sicker; superl. sickest) 1.Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function. Synonym: ill. Antonym: well. 4.Having a strong distaste from surfeit. Synonyms: disgusted, fed up, sick of, tired of. "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" 5.(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. Synonyms: pale, pallid, wan. "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" 6.Deeply affected by a strong feeling. "She was sick with longing" 7.Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. Synonyms: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre. "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" noun verb 1.Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up. "He purged continuously" , "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Antonym: keep down.
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