Wordiyo

sicken

🇬🇧 UK/'sikәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To make or become ill; to cause a feeling of disgust or nausea.

使生病；使感到恶心或厌恶

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sickenother
=sicken

Common Collocations

  • 1.sicken at对……感到恶心
  • 2.sicken with因……而生病
  • 3.[sicken and disgust]令人作呕且厌恶
  • 4.begin to sicken开始生病

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The smell of rotting food sickened everyone who entered the room.

  • 2.

    Reports of child abuse sicken and outrage the entire community.

  • 3.

    He began to sicken after drinking contaminated water from the river.

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