sicken
verb
uk/ˈsɪk.ən/us/ˈsɪk.ən/sickenverb(ILL)
[I]
tobecomeill:
生病,得病literaryThechildsickened anddied.那孩子生病死了。
UK"Youlookfeverish. Are you sickeningfor(= about tobecomeillwith)something?"“你好像在发烧。你生什么病了吗?”
Being & falling ill
- acquire
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be green around the gillsidiom
- be hangingidiom
- be laid upidiom
- break
- bring
- catchyourdeath of coldidiom
- KO
- martyr
- not a hundred percentidiom
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- predisposed
- present
- relapse
- serious
- shiver
- strike
- succumb
sickenverb(UNPLEASANT)
[T]
tocausesomeone tofeelunpleasantemotions,especiallyangerandshock:
使难受;使愤怒;使震惊Theviolencein thefilmsickened me.电影中的暴力让我十分反感。
He was sickenedby/atthenumberofpeoplewho werehurtin thecrash.飞机失事中的受伤人数之多令他感到震惊。
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- gnaw
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- mess
- nerve
- screw(something)up
- sensitivity
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- tear
- toxic