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
Several grocery stores chains have recalled cucumbers and cucumber products linked to a salmonella outbreak across 15 states that has sickened 26 people and hospitalized nine.
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 May 2025
In Tennessee, the outbreak has sickened between 1-2 people, according to the FDA.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Last month, the FDA announced a recall of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales due to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 45 people and hospitalized 16 across 18 states.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 7 June 2025
Of the 79 people sickened, 21 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 May 2025
In Tennessee, the outbreak has sickened between 1-2 people, according to the FDA.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Last month, the FDA announced a recall of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales due to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 45 people and hospitalized 16 across 18 states.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 7 June 2025
Of the 79 people sickened, 21 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
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Many Americans are demonstrably disgusted, shamed, and angered by their tyrants, but mainstream literary and intellectual institutions seem unable or unwilling to give voice to them.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Interestingly enough, by 1920 Jarvis was disgusted with how commercialized Mother's Day had become.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Verb
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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In Liberia, especially, the Peace Corps volunteers were repulsed by the ways that Americo-Liberians — the descendants of the Black Americans who founded the country — oppressed indigenous ethnic groups.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Spielberg imagined it as a noise that has the power to appall.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Still, there is plenty here that should appall both Democrats and Republicans.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The authors report that no human subjects were nauseated by this study.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza has horrified the world for more than 21 months now, but this latest phase of the genocide—extermination through mass starvation—is a grim new nadir.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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The crime horrified the city, which hadn’t seen a homicide in about five years, and prompted a massive search for the perpetrator.—
Rebecca Boone,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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