as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
Ninety-three passengers and 11 crew members were sickened on the Volendam, the Vessel Sanitation Program said.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
Last year, a salmonella outbreak in eggs sickened 93 people across 12 states.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Smaller marine life like fish eat the toxic algae and can sicken bigger animals like sea lions who eat those contaminated fish, according to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
The data suggest that some element—or perhaps combination of elements—of modern life is sickening progressively younger adults.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
Last year, a salmonella outbreak in eggs sickened 93 people across 12 states.
—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Smaller marine life like fish eat the toxic algae and can sicken bigger animals like sea lions who eat those contaminated fish, according to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
The data suggest that some element—or perhaps combination of elements—of modern life is sickening progressively younger adults.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
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Once again, DeSantis has gone too far — in this case, ideologically and geographically — and people who surely voted for him in the state’s most conservative region are disgusted.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Trump and Vance have never seen war up close, but are still disgusted by it.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.—
David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2024
Verb
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Americans are nauseated as an outbreak of the stomach flu hits the country.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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Although the drink was nontoxic, the student had a headache and felt nauseated after drinking the mixture and had to be hospitalized, officials said.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
8 Mar. 2024
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The declining judge is horrified by all this and takes him on, but a jaded staff basically just tries to keep order rather than taking Crealy’s behavior seriously.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Paul Cotter recalls that his father was horrified by the diagnosis.—
Laura Kwerel,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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