sicken
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
The pornographic pictures sickened us
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
get sick
She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
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Sense 3 verb
upset and make nauseated
The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
Types & categories
- disgust hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make sick or ill
This kind of food sickens me
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgust |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nausea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | repulse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outrage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | canker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | emetic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nausea |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nausea |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disgust |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gag |