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

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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

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

Weak matches

blasé, up to here with

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But GPs say they find it difficult to judge whether or not a person is suitable to work while they are ill, but are asked to issue sick notes by patients themselves.

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The number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK is at risk of an "economic inactivity crisis" that threatens the country's prosperity, according to a new report.

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The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken to Ghana in March 2024 after being told he was visiting a sick relative.

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"I've just been using sick days and holidays to go through these appointments," she says.

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To do this, they started with a genetically engineered "sick" cell, one that could only survive if it produced both the desired pigment, along with a second chemical called formic acid.

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