sickened
past simple and past participle ofsicken
单词 | sickened |
释义 | sickened past simple and past participle ofsicken sicken verb uk/ˈsɪk.ən/us/ˈsɪk.ən/sickenverb(ILL)[I] tobecomeill: literaryThechildsickened anddied. UK"Youlookfeverish. Are you sickeningfor(= about tobecomeillwith)something?" Being & falling ill
sickenverb(UNPLEASANT)[T] tocausesomeone tofeelunpleasantemotions,especiallyangerandshock: Theviolencein thefilmsickened me. He was sickenedby/atthenumberofpeoplewho werehurtin thecrash. Making people sad, shocked and upset
Examplesofsickenedsickened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This one will have the usual result—less land available, fewer houses built, more muddle, bureaucracy, with the poor citizen left muddled, bemused andsickened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all understand why they had to start, but their triumphalism has certainlysickenedus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The growth of human rights groups has shown that many people in the country are now entirelysickenedby the conflict. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us will have beensickenedat various moments when we have read of some new atrocious crime committed against women or children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that they aresickenedand depressed beyond belief and will call for a radical rethinking of the whole issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatsickenedmy constitutents was watching people shuffling paper and making millions of pounds in the process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When one thinks of the nonsense of food subsidies like that for tea, one issickenedto think how wrong their priorities are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was sosickenedby this that he had to sit down for a moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He mentioned the case of a soldier whosickenedearly of consumption, and was retired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, there are those of us who aresickenedby what sometimes appear to be ritual public sacrifices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No wonder we are quitesickenedby the attitude of the party opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One feltsickenedat the prospect of a suffering animal, but there was nothing in the best human circumstances that one could do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Management has been sosickenedby the pressures imposed upon it that it has been looking for some respite from these grave labour problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone is totallysickenedby these crimes which have continued for so long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were all shocked, alarmed andsickenedat the savagery which was unleashed before our eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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