sicken
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- (transitive) If something sickens you, it makes you sick; this often means making your stomach sick, so that you might vomit.
- The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
- (transitive) If something sickens you, it is very bad and you hate it.
- It sickens me when people don't wash their hands after they use the toilet.
- (intransitive) If you sicken you become sick, or you become more sick.
- He will sicken if he doesn't get medicine soon.