sicken Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
nauseate; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
verb get sick
come down.
- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
verb make sick or ill
- This kind of food sickens me

imperfect & past participle Sickened ; present participle & verbal noun Sickening

To make sick; to disease.
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior.
To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
To impair; to weaken. Obs. Shak.

To become sick; to fall into disease.
The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon.
To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.
To become disgusting or tedious.
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.
To become weak; to decay; to languish.
All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.