sicknesses

noun

plural of sickness
as in illnesses
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees

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Recent Examples of sicknesses And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 At the end of the day, both doctors agree that hotel stays shouldn’t deter people from traveling altogether, since there are always ways to proactively minimize exposure and subsequent sicknesses. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026 Olena started with the children, the most vulnerable refugees as well as the most likely vectors of new sicknesses in the theater. — James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 The most sicknesses were reported in Michigan. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 The symptoms of our darkest cultural sicknesses become visible. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026 From the moment the kids set foot back at school in the fall, until some time around spring break, parents can expect sicknesses to take over their homes faster than the latest viral slang expression. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Jan. 2026 Pathogens in human poop can remain active for a long time – over a year in outdoor environments – meaning that waste left behind today can cause severe gastrointestinal disease and other sicknesses for future visitors. — B. Derrick Taff, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025 All their triumphs, all their sleepless nights, their loves and hates, their sicknesses, their schemes, their rises to power and their falls from it -- all gone. — Paul Prather, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicknesses
  1. illnesses
  2. diseases
  3. ailments
  4. ills
  5. fevers
Noun
  • The question of defining a measles death hasn't come up much in recent decades because vaccination rates were high and measles illnesses and deaths had become rare.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of illnesses
Noun
  • If the model works, Hund says Rare Ventures will expand to include more diseases and potentially fund more treatments.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This is far from the first time that Kennedy and his allies have attempted to downplay and spread misinformation about deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of diseases
Noun
  • Curry had lived with various ailments following a 2012 stroke.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, raw egg yolks, pickle brine, cumin seeds, six-packs of Coke, and greasy breakfast sandwiches have all been credited with easing our post-drinking ailments.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ailments
Noun
  • Alex Pantling/Getty Images What is clear is that no one thinks the changes enacted in either the Championship or League One are a resolution to the EFL’s marked financial ills.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Blaming billionaire wealth-hoarding for America’s ills would poll very well among the nation’s anthropology departments.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Definition of ills
Noun
  • How can parents prevent their children from bringing home sniffles, coughs and fevers?
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Around the same time, hospitals in Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began to fill up with patients suffering from fevers, diarrhea, and vomiting.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of fevers

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

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