sick

Definition for sick

adjective as in not healthy, not feeling well

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ailing, confined, debilitated, declining, disordered, down, frail, funny, green, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, incurable, indisposed, infected, invalid, mean, nauseated, peaked, suffering, tottering, wobbly

Weak matches

bedridden, broken down, defective, delicate, diseased, feeble, feverish, in a bad way, in poor health, infirm, laid-up, lousy, not so hot, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog, under medication, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, weak

adjective as in morbid, gross

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ghoulish, macabre, morose, sadistic, sickly

adjective as in fed up, displeased

Strong matches

bored, disgusted, jaded, revolted, satiated, tired, weary

Weak matches

blasé, up to here with

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"I feel sick in my stomach being here."

From BBC

"Just imagine netball having this kind of facility. Do you know how sick that would be?"

From BBC

And as Israel continues its offensive in Gaza City, the UN says that attacks on and around hospitals have left sick and injured civilians with nowhere to go for life-saving treatment.

From BBC

Ossoff called Georgia Pathways “a boondoggle that’s wasted tens of millions on pricey consultants while Georgia hospitals struggle and Georgians get sick without health insurance.”

From Salon

Through flashbacks it’s revealed that she learned martial arts from her demanding father, who could not accept her transgender identity, and has a sick mother in the hospital.

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