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 sickento be sick / to sicken

I was sicked by the smellI was sickened by the smell

Say it for a higher band

5get sick6make someone ill7+sicken

Synonyms

make ill

disgust

Easily confused

disgust

The news of the scandal disgusted voters.

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