sickenv.

Brit.

/ˈsɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈsɪkən/

Forms: α. Middle English secnen, Middle English (1800s dialect) seeken (Middle English seekenyn), Middle English–1500s seken (Middle English sekene), sekyn, 1800s dialect seaken. β. Middle English sikni, Middle English sicnen, sijknen, sikynyn, 1500s sycken, 1500s– sicken, 1700s sick'n.

Etymology: < sick adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare Old Icelandic sjúkna, Middle Swedish siukna (Swedish sjukna).

a. intransitive. To become affected with illness, to fall ill or sick. Also const. of or with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill

sicklec1000

sicka1150

sickenc1175

evil1303

mislike?1440

fall1526

to take a conceit1543

to fall down?1571

to lay upa1616

to run of (or on) a garget1615

craze1658

invalid1829

wreck1876

collapse1879

to go sick1879

to sicken for1883

α.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4771 He warrþ all..Full hefiȝlike secnedd.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings viii. 29 Ochozias..came doun to visyten Joram..in Jezrael, the whiche seekened there.

c1450 J. Metham Days Moon (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 148 To knowe qwat schuld be-falle off hym that sekenyth in ony day off the mone.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur Contents xxi. xii How syr Launcelot began to sekene & after dyed.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 63 My hert sekened and began to waxe sore.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 708/2 I sekyn, I waxe sycke.

β. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 293/187 Anon-riȝt he bigan to sikni; and þare riȝt adoun lay.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isaiah xxxviii. 1 In tho daȝes sicnede Ezechie vnto the deth.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xxx. 13 I bigan to sikynyn the thridde dai hens.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 708/2 My father syckened first upon saynte Bartylmewes evyn.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 162 At this tyme the king sickened, and [was] forced to kepe his bed.1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxviii. sg. H^v We sicken to shun sicknesse when we purge. 1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne xii. 331 Being in Normandy [he] sickned, of that disease whereof he died.1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 35 The same night he sickened, as he thought of a surfeit of cherries, and in two days died.1771 Hist. Sir W. Harrington (1797) IV. 113 I was told that Lord C. had sickened much after his bleeding.1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 249 The people who were sickening very fast with the small-pox.1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. iv. 169 Some sickened and sank down by the way.1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. 354 Soon after his restoration the Earl began to sicken.in extended use.a1822 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 3 Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 130 A small white insect, which caused..the trees to sicken and to bear no fruit that year.

b. figurative or in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 167 Monie ancren..witeð so hore heale þet ðe gost unstrencdeð & secneð [?c1225 Cleo. seccleð] ine sunne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 20 When Loue begins to sicken and decay.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xiv, in Poems 7 Speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. i Why did she swear, unless it was to strengthen her Resolution, that began to sicken?

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 262 In these..The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.

a1827 W. Wordsworth Somnambulist 80 Day sickens round her, and the night Is empty of repose.

1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ 113 The appetite has sickened and so died.

c. Used with complement.

ΚΠ

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. i. 2 Let him..Cling to his couch, and sicken years away.

d. to sicken for: to be in the early stages of (a disease which is not yet manifest); to be ‘coming down’ with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill

sicklec1000

sicka1150

sickenc1175

evil1303

mislike?1440

fall1526

to take a conceit1543

to fall down?1571

to lay upa1616

to run of (or on) a garget1615

craze1658

invalid1829

wreck1876

collapse1879

to go sick1879

to sicken for1883

1883 F. Montgomery Blue Veil ii. vii. 218 I was sickening for the mumps.

1977 Sunday Times 16 Jan. 30/5 Amiss, sickening for the flu which prevented him fielding, got his bat caught in his pads.

a. To feel faint with horror or nausea; to revolt or experience revulsion at something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > feel faint with horror or nausea

sickena1616

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)] > experience revulsion at

sickena1616

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > of person: feel nausea

wamble13..

flatec1400

qualm1565

squeam1575

sickena1616

nauseate1625

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 16 Mine eyes did sicken at the sight, and could not Indure a further view.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 210 A most pe[r]fidious slaue..Whose nature sickens: but to speake a truth.

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 13 The Day beheld, and sick'ning at the Sight, Veil'd her fair Glories in the Shades of Night.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 167 The young apostate sickens at the view.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 157 Sickening with disgust, she rose abruptly, and pulled the bell.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vi. 228 How frightful is this portrait! the heart sickens as we contemplate it.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 196 I hate, abhor, spit, sicken at him.

b. To grow weary or tired of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of a thing or person

wearya1225

tire?a1513

sicken1782

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 63 Cecilia now began to sicken of her attempt.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 281 Men sicken of houses until at last they quit them.

c. To pine with yearning; to long eagerly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] > pine

honea1400

languor1526

pine1569

to eat one's (own) heart1590

sicken1802

moon1878

1802 W. Scott Let. 29 June (1932) I. 146 Why is it that a Swiss sickens at hearing the famous Ranz des Vaches?

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 13 His strong heart sunk and sickened with excess Of love.

1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton 146 I'll catch the next train to Bitham, for I'm sickenin' to get back theer.

3. To grow pale; to fade.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)] > grow pale

blakea1225

fallowa1250

blokec1275

palec1400

wan1582

bleacha1616

blanch1768

lighten1781

sicken1853

unflush1866

sickly1882

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 250 The fronds sicken to a rich brown when touched by the first frosts.

1896 Idler Mar. 175 Expiring as a whole orb of moon sickens and disappears.

4. Chemistry. Of mercury: To become ‘sick’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo specific mercury process or reaction > become sick (of mercury)

sicken1882

1882 A. G. Locke Gold 21 The mercury employed for amalgamation..sickens or ‘flows’ when ground up with pyritous rocks. [See also sickening n.]

a. transitive. To affect with illness; to make sick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)]

sicka1340

distemperc1380

to bring low1530

distemperate1547

unsound1560

sicken1694

qualm1733

sicklify1851

1694 J. Crowne Regulus i. 8 A Ghost? a damp evapo'rates from the word Which sickens me to death.

1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 175 To disengage those Insects from their Adherence to the Guts, to sicken, kill, and discharge them out of the Body.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 53 I have heart of an instance of one of this kind [hog-fish] having sickened some people.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xiv. 176 The first six doses seemed to sicken him a little, but he did not vomit until after the seventh dose.

1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 90 His fetid breath sickened me.

b. figurative or transferred.

ΚΠ

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 82 I do know Kinsmen of mine..that haue By this, so sicken'd their Estates, that neuer They shall abound as formerly.

1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 312 The want of variety in the rotation would sicken the crops.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Which sicken'd every living bloom.

1876 I. C. Knox in J. G. Whittier Songs Three Centuries 310 The pool was still; around its brim The alders sickened all the air.

a. To give (one) a sickener; to make (one) sick or tired of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium > make weary of specific thing

sicken1797

1797 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 341 The Blenheim, passing between us and the Enemy, gave us a respite, and sickened the Dons.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. viii. 421 His keeper sickened him of the project.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 263 I..learned enough of what was going on, to give Jekyl a hint that sickened him of his commission.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §1. 63 The long peace sickened men of this fresh outburst of bloodshed and violence.

b. To affect with nausea, loathing, or disgust.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > affect with loathing or disgust [verb (transitive)]

uga1250

wlatec1400

irka1535

loathe1568

nauseate1626

stall1642

inodiate1657

stale1709

repel1748

repugn?a1760

sicken1825

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 37 The familiarity with which she treated her brother-in-law..so sickened Jane, that she ordinarily affected illness.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi Being already sickened by various disgusting exhibitions of the damsel's affectation.

c. To render faint with fear or horror.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > render faint with fear

sickena1822

a1822 P. B. Shelley Prol. To Hellas in Relics (1862) 8 The storm Of faction, which like earthquake shakes and sickens The solid heart of enterprise.

1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxii. 296 The strained, almost ferocious expression of her keen eyes, sickened his soul.

1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius xviii If we look to the right or the left we must see that which sickens the sense of sight.

Derivatives

ˈsickened adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxvi. 71 Was not the life of Athole shed, To sooth the tyrant's sicken'd bed?

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单词	sicken
释义	sickenv. Brit. /ˈsɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈsɪkən/ Forms: α. Middle English secnen, Middle English (1800s dialect) seeken (Middle English seekenyn), Middle English–1500s seken (Middle English sekene), sekyn, 1800s dialect seaken. β. Middle English sikni, Middle English sicnen, sijknen, sikynyn, 1500s sycken, 1500s– sicken, 1700s sick'n. Etymology: < sick adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare Old Icelandic sjúkna, Middle Swedish siukna (Swedish sjukna). 1. a. intransitive. To become affected with illness, to fall ill or sick. Also const. of or with. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill sicklec1000 sicka1150 sickenc1175 evil1303 mislike?1440 fall1526 to take a conceit1543 to fall down?1571 to lay upa1616 to run of (or on) a garget1615 craze1658 invalid1829 wreck1876 collapse1879 to go sick1879 to sicken for1883 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4771 He warrþ all..Full hefiȝlike secnedd. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings viii. 29 Ochozias..came doun to visyten Joram..in Jezrael, the whiche seekened there. c1450 J. Metham Days Moon (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 148 To knowe qwat schuld be-falle off hym that sekenyth in ony day off the mone. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur Contents xxi. xii How syr Launcelot began to sekene & after dyed. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 63 My hert sekened and began to waxe sore. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 708/2 I sekyn, I waxe sycke. β. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 293/187 Anon-riȝt he bigan to sikni; and þare riȝt adoun lay.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isaiah xxxviii. 1 In tho daȝes sicnede Ezechie vnto the deth.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xxx. 13 I bigan to sikynyn the thridde dai hens.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 708/2 My father syckened first upon saynte Bartylmewes evyn.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 162 At this tyme the king sickened, and [was] forced to kepe his bed.1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxviii. sg. H^v We sicken to shun sicknesse when we purge. View more context for this quotation1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne xii. 331 Being in Normandy [he] sickned, of that disease whereof he died.1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 35 The same night he sickened, as he thought of a surfeit of cherries, and in two days died.1771 Hist. Sir W. Harrington (1797) IV. 113 I was told that Lord C. had sickened much after his bleeding.1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 249 The people who were sickening very fast with the small-pox.1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. iv. 169 Some sickened and sank down by the way.1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. 354 Soon after his restoration the Earl began to sicken.in extended use.a1822 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 3 Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 130 A small white insect, which caused..the trees to sicken and to bear no fruit that year. b. figurative or in figurative contexts. ΚΠ a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 167 Monie ancren..witeð so hore heale þet ðe gost unstrencdeð & secneð [?c1225 Cleo. seccleð] ine sunne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 20 When Loue begins to sicken and decay. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xiv, in Poems 7 Speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. i Why did she swear, unless it was to strengthen her Resolution, that began to sicken? 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 262 In these..The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. a1827 W. Wordsworth Somnambulist 80 Day sickens round her, and the night Is empty of repose. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ 113 The appetite has sickened and so died. c. Used with complement. ΚΠ 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. i. 2 Let him..Cling to his couch, and sicken years away. d. to sicken for: to be in the early stages of (a disease which is not yet manifest); to be ‘coming down’ with. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill sicklec1000 sicka1150 sickenc1175 evil1303 mislike?1440 fall1526 to take a conceit1543 to fall down?1571 to lay upa1616 to run of (or on) a garget1615 craze1658 invalid1829 wreck1876 collapse1879 to go sick1879 to sicken for1883 1883 F. Montgomery Blue Veil ii. vii. 218 I was sickening for the mumps. 1977 Sunday Times 16 Jan. 30/5 Amiss, sickening for the flu which prevented him fielding, got his bat caught in his pads. 2. a. To feel faint with horror or nausea; to revolt or experience revulsion at something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > feel faint with horror or nausea sickena1616 the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)] > experience revulsion at sickena1616 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > of person: feel nausea wamble13.. flatec1400 qualm1565 squeam1575 sickena1616 nauseate1625 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 16 Mine eyes did sicken at the sight, and could not Indure a further view. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 210 A most pe[r]fidious slaue..Whose nature sickens: but to speake a truth. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 13 The Day beheld, and sick'ning at the Sight, Veil'd her fair Glories in the Shades of Night. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 167 The young apostate sickens at the view. View more context for this quotation 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 157 Sickening with disgust, she rose abruptly, and pulled the bell. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vi. 228 How frightful is this portrait! the heart sickens as we contemplate it. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 196 I hate, abhor, spit, sicken at him. b. To grow weary or tired of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of a thing or person wearya1225 tire?a1513 sicken1782 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 63 Cecilia now began to sicken of her attempt. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 281 Men sicken of houses until at last they quit them. c. To pine with yearning; to long eagerly. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] > pine honea1400 languor1526 pine1569 to eat one's (own) heart1590 sicken1802 moon1878 1802 W. Scott Let. 29 June (1932) I. 146 Why is it that a Swiss sickens at hearing the famous Ranz des Vaches? 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 13 His strong heart sunk and sickened with excess Of love. 1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton 146 I'll catch the next train to Bitham, for I'm sickenin' to get back theer. 3. To grow pale; to fade. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)] > grow pale blakea1225 fallowa1250 blokec1275 palec1400 wan1582 bleacha1616 blanch1768 lighten1781 sicken1853 unflush1866 sickly1882 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 250 The fronds sicken to a rich brown when touched by the first frosts. 1896 Idler Mar. 175 Expiring as a whole orb of moon sickens and disappears. 4. Chemistry. Of mercury: To become ‘sick’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo specific mercury process or reaction > become sick (of mercury) sicken1882 1882 A. G. Locke Gold 21 The mercury employed for amalgamation..sickens or ‘flows’ when ground up with pyritous rocks. [See also sickening n.] 5. a. transitive. To affect with illness; to make sick. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] sicka1340 distemperc1380 to bring low1530 distemperate1547 unsound1560 sicken1694 qualm1733 sicklify1851 1694 J. Crowne Regulus i. 8 A Ghost? a damp evapo'rates from the word Which sickens me to death. 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 175 To disengage those Insects from their Adherence to the Guts, to sicken, kill, and discharge them out of the Body. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 53 I have heart of an instance of one of this kind [hog-fish] having sickened some people. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xiv. 176 The first six doses seemed to sicken him a little, but he did not vomit until after the seventh dose. 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 90 His fetid breath sickened me. b. figurative or transferred. ΚΠ 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 82 I do know Kinsmen of mine..that haue By this, so sicken'd their Estates, that neuer They shall abound as formerly. View more context for this quotation 1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 312 The want of variety in the rotation would sicken the crops. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Which sicken'd every living bloom. View more context for this quotation 1876 I. C. Knox in J. G. Whittier Songs Three Centuries 310 The pool was still; around its brim The alders sickened all the air. 6. a. To give (one) a sickener; to make (one) sick or tired of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium > make weary of specific thing sicken1797 1797 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 341 The Blenheim, passing between us and the Enemy, gave us a respite, and sickened the Dons. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. viii. 421 His keeper sickened him of the project. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 263 I..learned enough of what was going on, to give Jekyl a hint that sickened him of his commission. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §1. 63 The long peace sickened men of this fresh outburst of bloodshed and violence. b. To affect with nausea, loathing, or disgust. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > affect with loathing or disgust [verb (transitive)] uga1250 wlatec1400 irka1535 loathe1568 nauseate1626 stall1642 inodiate1657 stale1709 repel1748 repugn?a1760 sicken1825 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 37 The familiarity with which she treated her brother-in-law..so sickened Jane, that she ordinarily affected illness. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi Being already sickened by various disgusting exhibitions of the damsel's affectation. c. To render faint with fear or horror. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > render faint with fear sickena1822 a1822 P. B. Shelley Prol. To Hellas in Relics (1862) 8 The storm Of faction, which like earthquake shakes and sickens The solid heart of enterprise. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxii. 296 The strained, almost ferocious expression of her keen eyes, sickened his soul. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius xviii If we look to the right or the left we must see that which sickens the sense of sight. Derivatives ˈsickened adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxvi. 71 Was not the life of Athole shed, To sooth the tyrant's sicken'd bed? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1175
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