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
The news comes after an August outbreak in Harlem, which sickened 114 and killed 7 people.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In late August, contaminated oysters sickened several people in Louisiana, killing two people and sending 22 others to the hospital.
—Mollye Barrows, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Influencer content promoting the consumption of raw milk has grown prolific online, even as outbreaks of foodborne illnesses linked to unpasteurized dairy have recently sickened consumers across the country.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Across the Harlem River, at least six people have died and more than 100 have been sickened recently in a Legionnaires' cluster that has plagued the area this summer.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In late August, contaminated oysters sickened several people in Louisiana, killing two people and sending 22 others to the hospital.
—Mollye Barrows, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Influencer content promoting the consumption of raw milk has grown prolific online, even as outbreaks of foodborne illnesses linked to unpasteurized dairy have recently sickened consumers across the country.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Across the Harlem River, at least six people have died and more than 100 have been sickened recently in a Legionnaires' cluster that has plagued the area this summer.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
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The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated their first NBA championship in June and endured widespread mockery from the internet when most of them were confused and then disgusted by their first taste of champagne.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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Kennedy holds views that clash sharply with the president’s legal reform agenda and should appall anyone who supports the president’s goal of reforming America’s legal system.—
Tiger Joyce,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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These include some classic concepts and curious turns of phrase that have grown nauseating to any thinking person: privilege, triggering, microaggressions, systems of oppression, the unhoused, birthing person, heteronormative, Latinx and BIPOC, among many examples.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
27 Aug. 2025
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However, within hours of consuming them, your heart starts racing, you’re nauseated and vomiting.—
Joshua Kellogg,
The Conversation,
15 Aug. 2025
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He was horrified by the idea of making anyone feel bad.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Television cameras captured the ensuing violence, horrifying much of the nation.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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