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Verb: sicken  si-kun
  1. Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
    "The pornographic pictures sickened us";
    - disgust, revolt, nauseate
     
  2. Get sick
    - come down
     
  3. Upset and make nauseated
    "The mould on the food sickened the diners";
    - nauseate, turn one's stomach
     
  4. Make sick or ill
    "This kind of food sickens me"

Derived forms: sickens, sickened, sickening

Type of: decline, disgust, gross out [informal], harm, repel, repulse, revolt, worsen

Encyclopedia: Sicken