sicken
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Is sicken a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make ill.Examples: "The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed."transitive
2. (intransitive) To become ill.Examples: "I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise."; "The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended,[…] sickened upon it and died."intransitive
3. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.Examples: "His arrogant behaviour sickens me."; "In announcing the review, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, said in a statement that “antisemitism — like racism — is a spiritual and moral malady that sickens societies and kills people with lethalities comparable to history’s most deadly plagues.”"transitive
4. (sports) To lower the standing of.Examples: "Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them."; "But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup"; "City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner."
5. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.Examples: "Mine eyes did sicken at the sight."intransitive
6. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.Examples: "The toiling pleasure sickens into pain."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary