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sicken

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪkən/Part of speech verbSorted ceiknsStarts with SEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To make or become ill; to disgust or repel.

Word origin

From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick + -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).

Used in a sentence

  • The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
  • I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
  • The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended,[…] sickened upon it and died.

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