Antonyms for sickness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sik-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk nɪs |
Definition of sickness
Origin :- Old English seocnes "sickness, disease; a disease;" see sick (adj.) and -ness.
- noun ill or abnormal condition
- Our sickness (sin) is revealed to us by the Ten Commandments.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- But there was sickness in the mountains and Waba-mooin said that it also was my fault.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Their sickness was the hand of God, but Benny just ain't had enough to eat.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- I saw off men's legs, or I help them through a spell of sickness.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- For this end he is fed, clothed, and prescribed for in sickness.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- "I've got sickness here," she would say, standing in the doorway confronting them.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- I could have pronounced him, alone, to be a young man aged by famine and sickness.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- His children are shadows—their life a dance, a sickness, a corruption.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Why must I resign the sweetly-painful task of soothing you in the hour of sickness?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- They remembered only the latest, which was his weakness and sickness.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Synonyms for sickness
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