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sicken - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" |
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decline,
worsen grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
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wan become pale and sickly
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contract,
get,
take be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
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canker infect with a canker
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sicken - upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners" |
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nauseate |
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disgust,
gross out,
repel,
revolt cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
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sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" |
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harm cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"
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choke,
gag breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
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