as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river
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Recent Examples of sicken
Some fourteen people were sickened following a night out in Vang Vieng around Nov. 12.
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Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Farm workers who have been sickened on the job may have also been eye-level with infected animals.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
An American, two Danish tourists, and a 19-year old from Australia — Bianca Jones — have died, while multiple people were sickened in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers and tourists in Laos, the Associated Press says.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
They are thought to have been sickened from Sept. 6 to Oct. 28.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Farm workers who have been sickened on the job may have also been eye-level with infected animals.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
An American, two Danish tourists, and a 19-year old from Australia — Bianca Jones — have died, while multiple people were sickened in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers and tourists in Laos, the Associated Press says.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
They are thought to have been sickened from Sept. 6 to Oct. 28.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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In the mid-1970s, disgusted by the corruption in his hometown of Jersey City, Cashin ran for mayor.Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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She’s repulsed by her husband, Jim (Clifford Kershaw), whose grabby hands demand her body and attention, often without her consent.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Over decades, my attempts to conquer the Spanish language have been repulsed.Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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What appalls him now is a lack of accountability in Netanyahu’s government.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
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Additionally, some people find the beetles’ scent unpleasant or even nauseating.Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
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Playing the victim card because people question his character and pouting because people may not like him is nauseating and unnecessary.Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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We’d be horrified and trembling with trauma endorphins.Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Despite Orlok’s prosthetic decrepitude and the plague-like toxicity of his love, what truly horrifies Ellen about him is that some unknown part of her nature craves his touch.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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