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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
the sickened passengers were rushed to the emergency room for treatment
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2
as in shocked
filled with disgust
many audience members, sickened by the movie's graphic violence, walked out of the theater before the end
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sickened
Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October and at least 21 of them were hospitalized, based on voluntary reports to the state.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
That data also shows that the number of people sickened by tick bites has been steadily rising every year.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Those pelican numbers were very high because of a toxic algae bloom off Southern California that sickened the birds with domoic acid poisoning.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
California imposed rigorous vaccination rules for measles following a 2014 outbreak linked to Disneyland that sickened 131 California residents, according to the California Department of Public Health.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
People all over the globe were in disbelief that a man could perpetuate a campaign of drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge, and even more sickened that dozens of men joined him in his crimes.
—Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
Police in Broomfield, Colorado, opened an investigation after multiple hot dogs laced with methamphetamine were found in a family’s yard and sickened at least two dogs, according to a press release.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
In 2025, an outbreak sickened more than 500 people in 48 states, with 125 people hospitalized and two deaths.
—Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October and at least 21 of them were hospitalized, based on voluntary reports to the state.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
That data also shows that the number of people sickened by tick bites has been steadily rising every year.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Those pelican numbers were very high because of a toxic algae bloom off Southern California that sickened the birds with domoic acid poisoning.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
California imposed rigorous vaccination rules for measles following a 2014 outbreak linked to Disneyland that sickened 131 California residents, according to the California Department of Public Health.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
People all over the globe were in disbelief that a man could perpetuate a campaign of drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge, and even more sickened that dozens of men joined him in his crimes.
—Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
Police in Broomfield, Colorado, opened an investigation after multiple hot dogs laced with methamphetamine were found in a family’s yard and sickened at least two dogs, according to a press release.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickened
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Young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sick from these germs.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The researchers also hope to test the protocol earlier in pregnancy, before a pregnant person gets seriously sick.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2026
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The pair shared a sweet slideshow on Instagram in December 2023 that showed Wilson getting down on one knee in front of a Christmas tree to ask a shocked van der Pol to marry him.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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His death has left many shocked and outraged.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The researchers also found that being young, female, and well educated increased the odds that someone would be moist averse, as did being disgusted more generally by bodily functions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Its 28-game start matches the expansion 1962 Mets — who lost 120 games — along with 1964 and 1983 for the second-worst in team history behind an 8-20 opening in 1981.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Ossai isn’t a bad pass rusher either, getting five sacks in each of the last two seasons, a total that somehow would’ve ranked second on the Jets last season.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This fragmented model creates friction and quietly drains profitability through unbilled hours, margin erosion from poorly staffed projects and elevated turnover when top talent hits operational roadblocks.—
DJ Paoni,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For however poorly things are going — and the bad tone set by the starters has leaked into some defensive lapses and some pressing at the plate — the Padres got themselves into a really favorable position before this.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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Lebanese have largely been critical of Hezbollah’s decision to launch rockets into Israel on March 2, but they have also been horrified by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The deal horrified the motion picture establishment, which had been trying to keep talent away from the small screen.—
Roland Betancourt,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Sickened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickened. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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