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sicken

/ˈsɪkən/verb

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घृणा पैदा करना, जी मिचलाना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb

    to make somebody feel very shocked and angry; to make somebody feel that they are going to vomit

    घृणा पैदा करना, जी मिचलाना

    • The cruelty sickened us.

    Synonyms disgust revolt repel nauseate appal

    Opposite delight please attract

  2. 2

    [I] old-fashioned

    to become ill

    बीमार पड़ना

    • The child sickened and died.

    Synonyms fall ill weaken decline

    Opposite recover heal

◇Word family
sickening adj.sickened adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

disgust revolt repel nauseate appal fall ill weaken decline

Antonyms

delight please attract recover heal

?Which word?

Keep the disgust words together: sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, appal.

घृणा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, appal।

§Grammar and usage

The adjective sickening means making you feel disgusted or shocked ('a sickening attack').

Adjective sickening का अर्थ घृणा या सदमा पैदा करने वाला है ('a sickening attack')।

The suffix -en makes verbs from adjectives (sick, sicken; weak, weaken; bright, brighten).

Suffix -en adjectives से verbs बनाता है (sick, sicken; weak, weaken; bright, brighten)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Be sickening for sth (British, be starting to become ill).

Phrasal verb 'be sickening for sth' (British, बीमार होना शुरू होना)।