verb · neutral
sicken
/ˈsɪkən/SICK·en
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to make someone feel ill, or to become ill; to cause disgust or nausea
Examples
“The smell from the landfill sickened nearby residents.”
“I was sickened by the corruption revealed in the report.”
“After eating the spoiled food he began to sicken.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many viewers were sickened by the graphic images shown in the documentary.”
Collocations
- sicken with
- be sickened by
Word family
to sicken / sickens / sickened / sickening verbsickness nounsick adjective
Common mistakes
to be sicken→to be sick / to sicken
I was sicked by the smell→I was sickened by the smell
Say it for a higher band
5get sick→6make someone ill→7+sicken
Synonyms
make ill
disgust
Easily confused
disgust
“The news of the scandal disgusted voters.”
Related words
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In -en
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