"Sickens" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Past tense of "sicken", meaning to make someone feel unwell or disgusted.
Example: The sight of the rotting food sickened her.
The largest island in Italy, located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a region with a rich history and culture, known for its beautiful beaches, ancient ruins, and vibrant cities, such as Palermo and Catania. The island is also famous for its cuisine, including dishes like cannoli and arancini, as well as its high-quality olive oil and wine.
The sickbay is a room or ward in a hospital or other healthcare facility where patients who are being treated for illnesses or injuries are cared for. It is a place where medical staff provide care, treatment, and observation to patients who are recovering from an operation, fighting an illness, or requiring constant monitoring.
Sick, as an adjective, has several meanings.<br><br>1. Feeling unwell or ill: "I've been feeling sick this morning."<br>2. Not feeling well enough to work or engage in activities: "I'm too sick to go to school."<br>3. Morally flawed or wrong: "It's sick that the company is lying to its customers."<br>4. Extremely interesting or exciting: "That movie was sick, I couldn't look away."<br><br>As a verb, "sick" means to vomit or throw up.
To cause someone or something to become unwell or ill.<br><br>Example: The smell from the dumpster was so bad that it was starting to sicken the nearby residents.
Intensely unpleasant or nauseating, either physically or morally. Synonyms: disgusting, revolting, revolting, vile, nauseating, foul. Antonyms: delightful, pleasant, enjoyable, nice.
(In a very unpleasant or repulsive manner)<br><br>Example: The smell in the dumpster was sickeningly foul.
Sicker refers to feeling more unwell or weaker in health, often due to an illness or additional illness when one already has an existing illness or condition.<br><br>Example: "I don't feel so great today, I'm starting to feel sicker."
Adjective: referring to the most extreme or strongest form of something, usually something unpleasant or unlikable.<br><br>Example: "He is literally the sickest rapper in the city."<br><br>Synonyms: most extreme, the worst, the most intense, the most extreme.<br><br>Origin: The word is an example of euphemistic understatement, where a strong term is softened by using the adjective "sick" meaning extreme or exciting, rather than its usual meaning of violently ill.
A curved blade, usually attached at a curved or U-shaped rod, used for cutting or reaping plants, particularly grain.
The word "sickled" is the past tense and past participle of the verb "sickle". <br><br>The word "sickle" has several related meanings:<br><br>1. A curved blade or scythe, typically with a short handle, used for cutting grain or other crops.<br>2. To cut or harvest grain or other crops with a sickle.<br>3. To cut or divide something into a curved shape, especially by cutting or splitting into pieces.<br><br>As a verb, "sickled" means:<br><br>1. Pasted tense of cutting or harvesting with a sickle, typically shrinking or withering grain, especially wheat, barley, or oats.<br>2. To curve or bend, especially by cutting or splitting into pieces, like grain splitting and forming a sickle shape.<br><br>Example sentences:<br><br>1. She used the sickle to harvest the wheat.<br>2. The fields are sickling for harvest, and the wheat will be dried and stored.<br>3. The potato grew sickled, as it was cut with diseases.
A person who is a 'sickler' is a colloquial or informal term for a person who has the disease Sickle Cell Disease, which is a genetic disorder that affects the production of haemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells.<br><br>More broadly, a sickler can also refer to anyone who is affected by the disease or who has a specific trait associated with it.
A sickle is a farm tool with a curved blade, typically with a long handle, used for harvesting crops such as grain, wheat, and beans. It is often associated with the emblem of the sickle cell, a type of anemia or blood disorder, due to its resemblance to the instrument.