sicken

Meanings

• Verb

  1. To cause someone to feel great unease, anxiety, or disgust.

  - "The news about the accident sickened everyone."
  - "Seeing the dead body sickened me."
  - "The smell of rotten eggs sickened the visitors."

• Verb

  2. To become ill or diseased.

  - "The patient sickened and died."
  - "The town was sickened by the outbreak of cholera."
  - "Many people sickened during the flu season."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sicken
pen , wen , den , ten

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Variants

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sicken , sickened , sickener , sickeners , sickening , sickens , sicken of , sickened of , sickening of , sickens of

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant 'to make foul' or 'to make putrid'. Derived from Old English 'siccan' or 'siccanian', meaning 'to make dirty'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'sicken' is also used in a figurative sense to describe a situation or event that causes great unease or anxiety.

2. In the medical field, the term 'sickening' is used to describe the initial stages of a disease or illness.

3. The word 'sicken' is related to the word 'sickly', which means looking or feeling ill.

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Related Concepts

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1. unease: A feeling of discomfort, anxiety, or apprehension.

2. nausea: A feeling of sickness or queasiness in the stomach, often accompanied by a desire to vomit.

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Culture

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Sicken has been used extensively in literature and art to describe the feeling of unease or anxiety caused by a situation or sight. For instance, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the narrator is sickened by the old man's eye.

How to Memorize "sicken"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the feeling of unease or anxiety when you hear or read the word 'sicken'. Imagine yourself in a situation that makes you feel sickened.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sicken' with feelings of discomfort, anxiety, or unease.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'S - Sickens makes us feel uneasy, U - Unease or anxiety, C - Caused by a situation or sight, K - Know this feeling when you hear the word.'

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