The meaning of sick is affected with disease or ill health How to use sick in a sentence. Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’ We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem … it's better for the sick to be cared for at home rather than in the hospital We’ve got a sick cat
Only a sick mind could think of such things He’s out sick (= absent because of illness). Deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom To be sick of parties Mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound Wild statements that made him seem sick.
Sick describes someone who's not well, suffering from some kind of illness You shouldn't go to school when you're sick. Sick (comparative sicker, superlative sickest) she was sick all day with the flu We have to care for the sick.
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