sick

sick /sik/

sick

Từ điển Collocation

sick adj.

1 ill

VERBS be, look | become, fall (formal), get (informal) He fell sick with yellow fever. She was afraid she would get sick if she stayed in that place any longer.

ADV. chronically, desperately, extremely, terribly, very The house has accommodation for up to 60 chronically sick or disabled residents. a very sick woman in the next bed | incurably, terminally | mentally

PHRASES be off sick John's not in the office today, he's off sick.

2 ill in your stomach

VERBS be, feel, look Mum, I feel sick! | get I get travel-sick if I sit in the back seat. | make sb If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you sick.

ADV. horribly, really, very, violently He leaned sideways and was violently sick. | almost | a bit, faintly, a little, quite, rather, slightly | continually | physically Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.

PREP. with Laura felt almost sick with embarrassment.

PHRASES be as sick as a dog

3 bored/disgusted/annoyed

VERBS be | become, get I'm getting sick of all these delays. | make sb Her attitude makes me sick.

ADV. heartily, really He was getting heartily sick of all the false sympathy. | absolutely, thoroughly | a bit, pretty, rather She was getting a bit sick of his moaning.

PREP. of I'm getting sick of you leaving things in a mess.

PHRASES sick and tired of sth, sick to death of sth, sick to the back teeth of sth

4 cruel/in bad taste

VERBS be, seem, sound

ADV. extremely, really, very You're really sick, you know that? | pretty, rather It was pretty sick humour, I thought.

PHRASES sick in the head Whoever started the fire must be sick in the head.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • people who are sick

    they devote their lives to caring for the sick

    adj.

  • affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; ill

    ill from the monotony of his suffering

  • feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit; nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sickish
  • affected with madness or insanity; brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, unbalanced, unhinged

    a man who had gone mad

  • having a strong distaste from surfeit; disgusted, fed up(p), sick(p), sick of(p), tired of(p)

    grew more and more disgusted

    fed up with their complaints

    sick of it all

    sick to death of flattery

    gossip that makes one sick

    tired of the noise and smoke

  • (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; pale, pallid, wan

    the pale light of a half moon

    a pale sun

    the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street

    a pallid sky

    the pale (or wan) stars

    the wan light of dawn

  • deeply affected by a strong feeling

    sat completely still, sick with envy

    she was sick with longing

  • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre

    ghastly wounds

    the grim aftermath of the bombing

    the grim task of burying the victims

    a grisly murder

    gruesome evidence of human sacrifice

    macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages

    macabre tortures conceived by madmen

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sicker|sickest
syn.: ailing ill indisposed
ant.: healthy pleased