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adjective

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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body the sickened passengers were rushed to the emergency room for treatment

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as in shocked
filled with disgust many audience members, sickened by the movie's graphic violence, walked out of the theater before the end

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sickened

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verb

past tense of sicken
as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river

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Recent Examples of sickened
Adjective
The sickened babies were in California, Washington and Pennsylvania, according to the FDA notice. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 June 2026 The woman is now being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press and France 24. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer. — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The tally of people sickened in the outbreak by the parasite cyclospora is now 11,458, the FDA said, up from about 10,900 reported last week. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The company has also been challenged by a cyclosporiasis outbreak this summer, which sickened more than 10,000 consumers and was blamed for depressed lettuce sales. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 Salmonella linked to jalapeños sickened at least 345 people in 27 states, including North Carolina, according to the CDC. — Eva Flowe august 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026 They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 The nation became both fascinated and sickened with the case during the nine-month trial that ensued, which resulted in Manson being sentenced to death in 1971 for conspiracy to commit the grisly murders. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 Key Background This is the second voluntary recall Taylor Farms has conducted in recent weeks, after lettuce from the produce company was linked to the cyclospora outbreak that has sickened tens of thousands of people across the country. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 So far, this outbreak’s official numbers are 345 people sickened across 27 states with 36 hospitalizations. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickened
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. disgusted
  4. bad
  5. repulsed
  6. poorly
  7. appalled
  8. horrified
Adjective
  • Some recalls, Eskin said, are made after companies’ routine testing catches a pathogen before anyone gets sick, while others involve outbreaks that are already underway and vary widely in size and severity.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sanchez also ordered a meal from Taco Bell, but didn’t get sick.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • The man who was shocked was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with life-threatening injuries.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But something fascinating was happening behind the scenes, coinciding with the disaster that had sent Olin overseas and left her bandmates, Augustin and Nathan Slone — located in New York City — shocked.
    — Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shocked
Verb
  • Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • If the polls are any indication, Americans in general are disgusted with Washington’s Israel policy.
    — Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disgusted
Adjective
  • Poor Anton has been left out of the drama all day, an effort by Billie and Samir to prevent an already bad futzing from escalating to something severe, and that’s never where Anton likes to be.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Although rarely seen, its reemergence earlier this summer is a signal of how bad the region’s ongoing drought has gotten, as well as a warning for the difficult months ahead.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bad
Verb
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Adjective
  • For however poorly things are going — and the bad tone set by the starters has leaked into some defensive lapses and some pressing at the plate — the Padres got themselves into a really favorable position before this.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.
    — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Definition of poorly
Verb
  • Perhaps most viscerally, given the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War, Capps was appalled by Falwell’s apocalyptic rhetoric and cavalier posture toward global destruction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Plenty of adults were appalled, but punk had a powerful influence on fashion, filmmaking and graphic design as well as rock music – well beyond punk itself.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of appalled
Verb
  • His portrayal of Pennywise horrified a generation of children—without relying heavily on special effects or prosthetics.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • One of her sisters, Sierra Francis, was especially horrified by Miller’s possessive nature.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of horrified

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“Sickened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickened. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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