sicken
(Informal)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- disgust, gross out (U.S. slang), nauseate, repel, revolt, turn one's stomach
- fall ill, ail, take sick

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sick‧en /ˈsɪkən/ verb
[Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken]

1. [transitive] to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something Synonym : disgust:
The thought of such cruelty sickened her.
All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of life.

2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to gradually become very ill:
The older people just sickened and died as food supplies ran low.
be sickening for something phrasal verb British English
to be starting to have an illness:
Perhaps you’re sickening for something.
sicken of something phrasal verb
to lose your desire for something or your interest in it:
He finally sickened of the endless round of parties and idle conversation.

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