| Main Entry: | sicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolt, make ill |
Synonyms: |
affect, afflict, derange, disgust, disorder, gross out, nauseate, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, turn, turn one's stomach, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
cure, heal, help, make well, mend |
| Main Entry: | sickening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, awful |
Synonyms: |
diseased, distasteful, foul, gross*, icky, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, putrid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, stinking, stomach-turning, tainted |
Antonyms: |
delightful, mild, nice, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Notes: | ale is a fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer; to ail is to feel ill or have pain |
| Main Entry: | atrocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive |
Synonyms: |
appalling, awful, bad, beastly, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, execrable, foul, godawful, grody, gross*, horrible, horrid, horrifying, icky, loathsome, noisome, obscene, repulsive, rotten, sickening, terrible |
Antonyms: |
inoffensive |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contract an illness |
Synonyms: |
become infected with, break out with, come down with, develop, fall ill with, fall victim to, get, incur, receive, sicken, succumb to, suffer from, take |
Antonyms: |
be immune |
| Main Entry: | cloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overfill |
Synonyms: |
disgust, fill, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, stodge, suffice, surfeit, weary |
| Main Entry: | come down with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contract illness |
Synonyms: |
be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, sicken, take, take sick |
Antonyms: |
be immune |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch disease |
Synonyms: |
acquire, afflict, be afflicted with, be ill with, become infected with, bring on, cause, come down with, decline, derange, develop, disorder, fall, fall victim to, get, go down with, incur, indispose, induce, obtain, sicken, sink, succumb to, take, take one's death, upset, weaken |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | crack up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break down mentally |
Synonyms: |
become demented, become psychotic, blow a fuse, collapse, come apart at seams, decline, derange, deteriorate, fail, flip out, freak out, go bonkers, go crazy, go nuts, go off deep end, go off rocker, go out of mind, go to pieces, have breakdown, schizz out, sicken |
Antonyms: |
be calm |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate, crumble |
Synonyms: |
atrophy, be impaired, become contaminated, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, defile, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dry-rot, dwindle, fade, fail, get worse, go bad, go to seed, go to the dogs, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, pejorate, perish, pollute, putrefy, putresce, reach depths, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, waste away, weaken, wear away, wither |
Antonyms: |
build, develop, flourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen |