Synonyms for sicker

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sik-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk ər

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Définition of sicker

Origin : "to chase, set upon" (as in command sick him!), 1845, dialectal variant of seek. Used as an imperative to incite a dog to attack a person or animal; hence "cause to pursue." Related: Sicked; sicking.

adj not healthy, not feeling well
adj morbid, gross
adj fed up, displeased

Example sentences :

But he never heard any music, and this, instead of calming his nerves, made him sicker.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

I don't say Ireland is sound, but she is no sicker than she ever was.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

How, then, do you not recognize one whose heart is sicker than your own?
Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne

John tells me you were sicker than 283 people usually are at such times.
Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger

You shall be sicker yet, if you do not speak to some purpose.
Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston

And then when it looked as if it would be Marcia Oldham I got sicker.
Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

No sicker than I am of hearing it pour, retorted the first speaker.
Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick

I have seen any number of sicker children, and known them to get well.
Extract from : « The Home at Greylock » by Elizabeth Prentiss

The more I thought of it, the sicker I became, and now what was I to do?
Extract from : « From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket and How I Did It » by John Peele

“I guess I was sicker than I imagined,” he said to himself, as he kept doggedly on.
Extract from : « Fenn Masterson's Discovery » by Allen Chapman

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