The meaning of SICK is affected with disease or ill health : ailing. How to use sick in a sentence.

Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’. We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem: … It's better for the sick to be cared for at home rather than in the …

sick is an adjective, sickly and sickening are adjectives, sickness is a noun, sicken is a verb: He's very sick and can't come to work. The starving child looks so sickly.

6 days ago · (British, colloquial) (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, …

2 days ago · Sick describes someone who's not well, suffering from some kind of illness. You shouldn't go to school when you're sick.

If you describe something such as a joke or story as sick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way.

SICK definition: affected with ill health, disease, or illness; ailing. See examples of sick used in a sentence.

SICK meaning: 1 : affected with a disease or illness ill sometimes used figuratively; 2 : of or relating to people who are ill

Definition of sick adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

SICK meaning: 1. ill: 2. If you are sick, food and drink comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth: 3…. Learn more.