sick

sick1 [ sık ] adjective ***

1. ) if you are sick, you do not feel well:

He stayed at home caring for his sick wife.

sick and injured/wounded/dying: a clinic for animals that are sick and injured

get/fall sick (=become sick): He suddenly fell very sick and died a few days later.

2. ) if something that someone does or says is sick, it is so unpleasant that it would upset some people:

sick humor/jokes

a ) used about someone who behaves in a cruel or unpleasant way:

If you ask me, he's sick.

b ) OFFENSIVE an offensive way of describing someone who is mentally sick

3. ) if you get sick or you are sick, food you have eaten suddenly comes out of your stomach through your mouth:

I'm going to be sick!

violently sick: He was violently sick over the side of the boat.

make yourself sick: People with eating disorders often make themselves sick.

sick feeling: The thought of seeing him gave her a sick feeling in her stomach.

=> SEASICK

be worried sick

to be very worried:

Where have you been? We've been worried sick.

call in sick

to phone someone at the place where you work to tell them you are too sick to work

feel sick

to feel that food you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth:

The thought of losing his child made him feel physically sick.

make someone sick MAINLY SPOKEN

1. ) to make someone become very angry or upset:

The way he treats his wife just makes me sick.

2. ) HUMOROUS to make someone feel very JEALOUS:

You make me sick! You're so lucky!

out sick AMERICAN

if you are out sick, you do not go to work because you are sick

sick and tired of something/sick to death of something MAINLY SPOKEN

very unhappy about something:

Basically, she's sick to death of his behavior.

I am sick and tired of listening to your complaints.

sick at heart LITERARY

extremely unhappy

sick to your stomach

1. ) feeling that food you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth

2. ) feeling very angry or afraid

sick with fear/nerves/worry etc.

very frightened/nervous/worried

sick

sick 2 [ sık ] noun

1. ) uncount BRITISH INFORMAL VOMIT

2. ) the sick plural people who are sick:

nurses who care for the sick and dying

sick

sick 3 [ sık ] verb

,sick `up phrasal verb transitive BRITISH INFORMAL

if you sick up food you have eaten, it comes out of your stomach through your mouth