sicken

English

Etymology

sick +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkən

• Rhymes: -ɪkɪn

Verb

sicken (third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened)

1. (transitive) To make ill.

   The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.

2. (intransitive) To become ill.

   I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.

   • Francis Bacon

     The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.

3. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.

   His arrogant behaviour sickens me.

4. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
   • Shakespeare

     Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.

5. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
   • Goldsmith

     The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.

6. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
   • Alexander Pope

     All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.

Translations

to make ill

• French: rendre malade
• Turkish: hasta etmek (tr)

• Volapük: malädükön (vo)

to be or become ill

• French: tomber malade
• Turkish: hastalanmak (tr), hasta olmak (tr)

• Volapük: malädikön (vo)

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Swedish

Pronoun

sicken, sicket, sicka/sickna

1. (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking

   Sicken dag!

   What a day!

Synonyms

• vilken
• vicken