What is another word for sickens?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪkənz] (IPA)

The term "sickens" can refer to multiple negative emotions such as disgust, revulsion, loathing, and nausea. Synonyms for sickens may include making someone feel queasy, nauseating, disgusting, unsettling, revolting, or repelling. The term can also be used to describe physical discomfort, and common synonyms for that include feeling unwell or ill, having an upset stomach, feeling nauseous, or experiencing a loss of appetite. In addition, it can describe emotional or mental health, in which case a synonym could be feeling sick at heart, disgusted or repulsed, or feeling physically and emotionally drained. Overall, there are many synonyms for "sickens," all indicating negative emotions or physical discomfort.

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    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
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Usage examples for Sickens

"Nay," said Francette, "but I know of one who sickens inwardly and I would give her the charm."
"The Maid of the Whispering Hills"
Vingie E. Roe
The back-ground of most of these is so vividly shaded with crimson that the eye grows dim and the heart sickens on too close a scrutiny.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
That's why the new book sickens me so....
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort

Famous quotes with Sickens

  • I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.
    Michael Jackson
  • You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life sickens more than disease. And boldness is the root of beauty. Which draws us together.
    Boris Pasternak
  • Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
    Barbara Tuchman
  • Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • The hope that clings to the least glimpse of blue Amid a sky of murkiness ; the fear That sickens at itself; the fond deceit, That will not see the truth ; the tenderness, That only asks to trust ; and, at the last, The knowledge we have known in vain so long Comes like a thunderbolt, and crashes.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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