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How to pronounce sicken in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt
Type of repulse, repel
Has types appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock


The pornographic pictures sickened us.
Type Words
Synonyms come down
Type of decline, worsen
Has types contract, get, canker, wan, take
Type Words
Synonyms nauseate, turn one's stomach
Type of revolt, repel, gross out, disgust


The mold on the food sickened the diners.
Type Words
Type of harm
Has types choke, gag


This kind of food sickens me.

Examples of sicken

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But the loose seals could allow the fish to spoil and sicken consumers, they say.
From the freep.com
As the Japanese press has exhaustively explained, it can sicken people nearby.
From the washingtonpost.com
And the implied apology by this weak, pathetic president should sicken us all.
From the forbes.com
The witch could also use bits of the eggshell to poke people and sicken them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Some of the stars who participated had seen cancer sicken or claim a family member.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Whipworms are two-inch-long parasites that sicken pigs by burrowing into their guts.
From the businessweek.com
But unlike the bird, they won't sicken or die when exposed to the chemicals.
From the sciencedaily.com
Unhappiness may not directly sicken or shorten the life of the person experiencing it.
From the theatlantic.com
The new flu will still sicken thousands of Americans before it fades away.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Disgust: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
  • Get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
  • Upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"
  • Make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"
  • (sickening) nauseating: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
  • (Sickened) Ten Thousand Fists is the third album by American Heavy metal band Disturbed. The album was released on September 20, 2005 and became Disturbed's second consecutive number-one debut on the Billboard 200 in the United States, shipping around 239,000 copies in its opening week. ...
  • To make ill; To become ill
  • (sickening) Causing sickness or disgust
  • (sickening) (adj.): incredibly amazing; excessively hot (see also fierce)