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"interested", "intrigued", "rapt" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sickos":{ "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "some sicko caught peeking in people's windows at night" ], "synonyms":[ "bugs", "crackbrains", "crazies", "fools", "fruitcakes", "head cases", "loonies", "loons", "lunatics", "maniacs", "nutcases", "nuts", "nutters", "psychopaths", "psychos", "sickies", "wackos", "whackos" ], "near synonyms":[ "madmen", "abnormals", "deviants", "monomaniacs", "mythomaniacs", "neurotics", "obsessive-compulsives", "obsessives", "paranoids", "psychotics", "schizophrenics", "sociopaths", "characters", "codgers", "crackpots", "cracks", "cranks", "eccentrics", "fantastics", "flakes", "kooks", "oddballs", "oddities", "originals", "quizzes", "screwballs", "tykes", "tikes", "weirdos", "zanies", "cases", "patients" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickening (with)":{ "to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{ "examples":[ "a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning" ], "synonyms":[ "catching", "coming down (with)", "contracting", "getting", "going down (with)", "taking" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking out (with)", "dying (from)", "succumbing (to)", "failing", "languishing", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "worsening" ], "near antonyms":[ "coming back", "gaining", "healing", "mending", "recouping", "recovering", "recuperating", "snapping back", "rallying", "rebounding", "recovering (from)", "shaking (off)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "siccing":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[ "commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\"" ], "synonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "bushwhacking", "charging", "descending (on or upon)", "going in (on)", "jumping (on)", "pouncing (on or upon)", "raiding", "rushing", "setting on", "storming", "striking", "trashing", "turning (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushing", "ganging up (on)", "mobbing", "swarming", "mugging", "robbing", "ambuscading", "ambushing", "surprising", "surprizing", "waylaying", "blitzing", "bombarding", "bombing", "nuking", "barraging", "cannonading", "cannoning", "banging away (at)", "battering", "buffeting", "plastering", "beleaguering", "besieging", "pressing", "harrying", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "ravaging", "sacking", "foraying", "invading", "overrunning", "enveloping", "flanking" ], "near antonyms":[ "covering", "defending", "guarding", "protecting", "securing", "shielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sicken (with)":{ "to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{ "examples":[ "a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning" ], "synonyms":[ "catch", "come down (with)", "contract", "get", "go down (with)", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "break out (with)", "die (from)", "succumb (to)", "fail", "languish", "sink", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither", "worsen" ], "near antonyms":[ "come back", "gain", "heal", "mend", "recoup", "recover", "recuperate", "snap back", "rally", "rebound", "recover (from)", "shake (off)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sickens (with)":{ "to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{ "examples":[ "a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning" ], "synonyms":[ "catches", "comes down (with)", "contracts", "gets", "goes down (with)", "takes" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks out (with)", "dies (from)", "succumbs (to)", "fails", "languishes", "sinks", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts", "withers", "worsens" ], "near antonyms":[ "comes back", "gains", "heals", "mends", "recoups", "recovers", "recuperates", "snaps back", "rallies", "rebounds", "recovers (from)", "shakes (off)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sicken":{ "to cause to feel disgust":{ "examples":[ "sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river" ], "synonyms":[ "disgust", "gross out", "nauseate", "put off", "repel", "repulse", "revolt", "turn off" ], "near synonyms":[ "displease", "distress", "appall", "appal", "disquiet", "horrify", "affront", "insult", "offend", "outrage", "shock" ], "near antonyms":[ "allure", "attract", "beguile", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "disarm", "draw", "enchant", "entice", "fascinate", "lure", "pull", "seduce", "tempt", "delight", "gratify", "please", "rejoice", "tickle", "enrapture", "enthrall", "enthral", "entrance", "appeal (to)", "interest", "intrigue" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sickliness":{ "as in weakness , debility":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "invalidism", "invalidity", "lameness", "weakliness", "weakness", "affliction", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "dysfunction", "disfunction", "malady", "trouble", "upset", "hypochondria", "malaise", "sickishness", "illness", "indisposition", "sickness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness" ], "near antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "mending", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback", "fettle", "fitness", "shape", "hardiness", "heartiness", "lustiness", "robustness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickish":{ "affected with nausea":{ "examples":[ "the fumes from the freshly applied paint made her feel sickish" ], "synonyms":[ "ill", "nauseated", "nauseous", "qualmish", "queasy", "queazy", "queer", "queerish", "sick", "squeamish" ], "near synonyms":[ "green", "peaked", "peaky", "sickly", "unsettled", "upset", "woozy" ], "near antonyms":[ "settled", "healthy", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sick bay":{ "a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{ "examples":[ "The new naval vessel includes a state-of-the-art sick bay ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinic", "hospital", "infirmary", "medical center", "sickroom", "hospice", "sanatorium", "sanitarium", "sanitorium", "halfway house", "home" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sick-out":{ "as in sit-in , go-slow":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "go-slow", "job action", "sit-down", "sit-in", "slowdown", "sympathetic strike", "sympathy strike", "lockout", "strike", "walkout" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sicking":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[ "commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\"" ], "synonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "bushwhacking", "charging", "descending (on or upon)", "going in (on)", "jumping (on)", "pouncing (on or upon)", "raiding", "rushing", "setting on", "storming", "striking", "trashing", "turning (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushing", "ganging up (on)", "mobbing", "swarming", "mugging", "robbing", "ambuscading", "ambushing", "surprising", "surprizing", "waylaying", "blitzing", "bombarding", "bombing", "nuking", "barraging", "cannonading", "cannoning", "banging away (at)", "battering", "buffeting", "plastering", "beleaguering", "besieging", "pressing", "harrying", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "ravaging", "sacking", "foraying", "invading", "overrunning", "enveloping", "flanking" ], "near antonyms":[ "covering", "defending", "guarding", "protecting", "securing", "shielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sickness":{ "the condition of not being in good health":{ "examples":[ "she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life" ], "synonyms":[ "illness", "indisposition", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness" ], "near synonyms":[ "malaise", "sickishness", "affliction", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "dysfunction", "disfunction", "malady", "trouble", "upset", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "invalidism", "invalidity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakliness", "weakness", "hypochondria" ], "near antonyms":[ "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "mending", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback", "fettle", "fitness", "shape", "hardiness", "heartiness", "lustiness", "robustness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness" ] }, "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "examples":[ "a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "ail", "ailment", "bug", "complaint", "complication", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "distemper", "distemperature", "fever", "ill", "illness", "infirmity", "malady", "trouble" ], "near synonyms":[ "contagion", "contagious disease", "contagium", "infection", "attack", "bout", "fit", "spell", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "lameness", "sickliness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "unwellness", "weakness", "malaise", "matter", "pip", "epidemic", "pest", "pestilence", "plague" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "soundness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "fettle", "shape" ], "antonyms":[ "health", "wellness" ] }, "a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{ "examples":[ "the sickness that many women feel during the early months of a pregnancy" ], "synonyms":[ "nausea", "nauseousness", "qualmishness", "queasiness", "queerness", "squeamishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "qualm", "airsickness", "altitude sickness", "car sickness", "morning sickness", "motion sickness", "mountain sickness", "seasickness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sicko":{ "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "some sicko caught peeking in people's windows at night" ], "synonyms":[ "bug", "crackbrain", "crazy", "fool", "fruitcake", "head case", "loon", "loony", "lunatic", "maniac", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "psycho", "psychopath", "sickie", "wacko", "whacko" ], "near synonyms":[ "madman", "abnormal", "deviant", "monomaniac", "mythomaniac", "neurotic", "obsessive", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "psychotic", "schizo", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopath", "character", "codger", "crack", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "fantastic", "flake", "kook", "oddball", "oddity", "original", "quiz", "screwball", "tyke", "tike", "weirdo", "zany", "case", "patient" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickened (with)":{ "to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{ "examples":[ "a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning" ], "synonyms":[ "came down (with)", "caught", "contracted", "got", "took", "went down (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke out (with)", "died (from)", "succumbed (to)", "failed", "languished", "sank", "sunk", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted", "withered", "worsened" ], "near antonyms":[ "came back", "gained", "healed", "mended", "recouped", "recovered", "recuperated", "snapped back", "rallied", "rebounded", "recovered (from)", "shook (off)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sickishness":{ "as in malaise":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "malaise", "illness", "indisposition", "sickness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "affliction", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "dysfunction", "disfunction", "malady", "trouble", "upset", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "invalidism", "invalidity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakliness", "weakness", "hypochondria" ], "near antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "mending", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback", "fettle", "fitness", "shape", "hardiness", "heartiness", "lustiness", "robustness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickrooms":{ "as in hospitals , medical centers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinics", "hospitals", "infirmaries", "medical centers", "sick bays", "hospices", "sanatoriums", "sanatoria", "sanitariums", "sanitaria", "sanitoriums", "sanitoria", "sanitaria", "sanitariums", "sanitoria", "sanitoriums", "halfway houses", "homes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickening":{ "causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "a sickening display of emotion" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "disgusting", "distasteful", "dreadful", "evil", "foul", "fulsome", "gross", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "loathsome", "nasty", "nauseating", "nauseous", "noisome", "noxious", "obnoxious", "obscene", "odious", "offensive", "rancid", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "scandalous", "shocking", "ugly" ], "near synonyms":[ "exceptionable", "objectionable", "brackish", "disagreeable", "dislikable", "dislikeable", "unpleasant", "contemptible", "despicable", "detestable", "hard", "hateful", "unhealthy", "unsavory", "unwholesome", "execrable", "lousy", "miserable", "atrocious", "frightful", "ghastly", "grim", "grisly", "gruesome", "grewsome", "heinous", "horrific", "horrifying", "lurid", "macabre", "monstrous", "nightmarish", "sick", "sickish", "sickly", "terrible", "unspeakable", "vile", "off-putting", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "barbarous", "unchristian", "uncivilized", "ungodly", "unholy", "distressing", "disturbing", "upsetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptable", "agreeable", "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "blessed", "blest", "congenial", "darling", "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "delightsome", "desirable", "dreamy", "dulcet", "enjoyable", "felicitous", "gratifying", "heavenly", "inviting", "likable", "likeable", "luscious", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "satisfying", "savory", "savoury", "sweet", "welcome", "unexceptionable", "unobjectionable", "healthful", "healthy", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "innocuous", "inoffensive" ] }, "to cause to feel disgust":{ "examples":[ "sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river" ], "synonyms":[ "disgusting", "grossing out", "nauseating", "putting off", "repelling", "repulsing", "revolting", "turning off" ], "near synonyms":[ "displeasing", "distressing", "appalling", "disquieting", "horrifying", "affronting", "insulting", "offending", "outraging", "shocking" ], "near antonyms":[ "alluring", "attracting", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "disarming", "drawing", "enchanting", "enticing", "fascinating", "luring", "pulling", "seducing", "tempting", "delighting", "gratifying", "pleasing", "rejoicing", "tickling", "enrapturing", "enthralling", "entrancing", "appealing (to)", "interesting", "intriguing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sick bays":{ "a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{ "examples":[ "The new naval vessel includes a state-of-the-art sick bay ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinics", "hospitals", "infirmaries", "medical centers", "sickrooms", "hospices", "sanatoriums", "sanatoria", "sanitariums", "sanitaria", "sanitoriums", "sanitoria", "sanitaria", "sanitariums", "sanitoria", "sanitoriums", "halfway houses", "homes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickroom":{ "as in hospital , medical center":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinic", "hospital", "infirmary", "medical center", "sick bay", "hospice", "sanatorium", "sanitarium", "sanitorium", "halfway house", "home" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickie":{ "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "the police suspect a sickie with an obsession for the celebrity" ], "synonyms":[ "bug", "crackbrain", "crazy", "fool", "fruitcake", "head case", "loon", "loony", "lunatic", "maniac", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "psycho", "psychopath", "sicko", "wacko", "whacko" ], "near synonyms":[ "madman", "abnormal", "deviant", "monomaniac", "mythomaniac", "neurotic", "obsessive", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "psychotic", "schizo", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopath", "character", "codger", "crack", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "fantastic", "flake", "kook", "oddball", "oddity", "original", "quiz", "screwball", "tyke", "tike", "weirdo", "zany", "case", "patient" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sicked":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[ "commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\"" ], "synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "bushwhacked", "charged", "descended (on or upon)", "jumped (on)", "pounced (on or upon)", "raided", "rushed", "set on", "stormed", "struck", "trashed", "turned (on)", "went in (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushed", "ganged up (on)", "mobbed", "swarmed", "mugged", "robbed", "ambuscaded", "ambushed", "surprised", "surprized", "waylaid", "blitzed", "bombarded", "bombed", "nuked", "barraged", "cannonaded", "cannoned", "banged away (at)", "battered", "buffeted", "plastered", "beleaguered", "besieged", "pressed", "harried", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "forayed", "invaded", "overran", "enveloped", "flanked" ], "near antonyms":[ "covered", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "secured", "shielded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sickened":{ "temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{ "examples":[ "the sickened passengers were rushed to the emergency room for treatment" ], "synonyms":[ "ailing", "bad", "down", "ill", "indisposed", "peaked", "peaky", "poorly", "punk", "run-down", "sick", "unhealthy", "unsound", "unwell" ], "near synonyms":[ "symptomatic", "cruddy", "lousy", "seedy", "sickish", "nauseated", "nauseous", "qualmish", "queasy", "queazy", "squeamish", "airsick", "carsick", "seasick", "dizzy", "light-headed", "shaky", "woozy", "achy", "feverish", "diseased", "disordered", "decrepit", "feeble", "fragile", "frail", "infirm", "invalid", "sickly", "weak", "weakly", "afflicted", "troubled", "challenged", "debilitated", "disabled", "halt", "incapacitated", "lame", "hypochondriac", "hypochondriacal" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "conditioned", "fit", "well-conditioned", "cured", "better", "convalescing", "improved", "mending", "recovering", "recuperating", "rehabilitated", "hardy", "hearty", "lusty", "robust", "rugged", "stalwart", "strong", "tough", "blooming", "bouncing", "chipper", "flourishing", "flush", "thriving" ], "antonyms":[ "hale", "healthful", "healthy", "sound", "well", "whole", "wholesome" ] }, "filled with disgust":{ "examples":[ "many audience members, sickened by the movie's graphic violence, walked out of the theater before the end" ], "synonyms":[ "disgusted", "nauseated", "repelled", "repulsed", "revolted", "shocked", "sick" ], "near synonyms":[ "fed up", "weary", "angered", "angry", "apoplectic", "cheesed off", "displeased", "enraged", "fuming", "furious", "horn-mad", "incensed", "indignant", "infuriated", "irate", "livid", "mad", "outraged", "rankled", "riled", "roiled", "shirty", "sore", "steaming", "teed off", "ticked", "upset", "worked up", "wrought (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "thankful", "thrilled", "tickled", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "enthralled", "entranced", "fascinated", "mesmerized", "spellbound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to feel disgust":{ "examples":[ "sickened by the awful sight of the polluted river" ], "synonyms":[ "disgusted", "grossed out", "nauseated", "put off", "repelled", "repulsed", "revolted", "turned off" ], "near synonyms":[ "displeased", "distressed", "appalled", "disquieted", "horrified", "affronted", "insulted", "offended", "outraged", "shocked" ], "near antonyms":[ "allured", "attracted", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "disarmed", "drew", "enchanted", "enticed", "fascinated", "lured", "pulled", "seduced", "tempted", "delighted", "gratified", "pleased", "rejoiced", "tickled", "enraptured", "enthralled", "entranced", "appealed (to)", "interested", "intrigued" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sick-outs":{ "as in sit-ins , go-slows":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], 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"enchantingly", "enjoyably", "favorably", "felicitously", "fetchingly", "gloriously", "gratifyingly", "great", "nicely", "palatably", "pleasantly", "pleasingly", "pleasurably", "prettily", "satisfyingly", "splendidly", "sweetly", "swimmingly", "welcomely", "well", "winningly", "finely", "grandly", "magnificently" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sicced":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[ "commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\"" ], "synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "bushwhacked", "charged", "descended (on or upon)", "jumped (on)", "pounced (on or upon)", "raided", "rushed", "set on", "stormed", "struck", "trashed", "turned (on)", "went in (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushed", "ganged up (on)", "mobbed", "swarmed", "mugged", "robbed", "ambuscaded", "ambushed", "surprised", "surprized", "waylaid", "blitzed", "bombarded", "bombed", "nuked", "barraged", "cannonaded", "cannoned", "banged away (at)", "battered", "buffeted", "plastered", "beleaguered", "besieged", "pressed", "harried", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "forayed", "invaded", "overran", "enveloped", "flanked" ], "near antonyms":[ "covered", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "secured", "shielded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sicknesses":{ "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "examples":[ "a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "ailments", "ails", "bugs", "complaints", "complications", "conditions", "diseases", "disorders", "distemperatures", "distempers", "fevers", "illnesses", "ills", "infirmities", "maladies", "troubles" ], "near synonyms":[ "contagions", "contagious diseases", "contagia", "infections", "attacks", "bouts", "fits", "spells", "debilities", "decrepitudes", "weaknesses", "malaises", "matters", "pips", "epidemics", "pestilences", "pests", "plagues" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickies":{ "a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "the police suspect a sickie with an obsession for the celebrity" ], "synonyms":[ "bugs", "crackbrains", "crazies", "fools", "fruitcakes", "head cases", "loonies", "loons", "lunatics", "maniacs", "nutcases", "nuts", "nutters", "psychopaths", "psychos", "sickos", "wackos", "whackos" ], "near synonyms":[ "madmen", "abnormals", "deviants", "monomaniacs", "mythomaniacs", "neurotics", "obsessive-compulsives", "obsessives", "paranoids", "psychotics", "schizophrenics", "sociopaths", "characters", "codgers", "crackpots", "cracks", "cranks", "eccentrics", "fantastics", "flakes", "kooks", "oddballs", "oddities", "originals", "quizzes", "screwballs", "tykes", "tikes", "weirdos", "zanies", "cases", "patients" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sickens":{ "to cause to feel disgust":{ "examples":[ "sickened by the awful sight of the 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animal" ], "synonyms":[ "disgusted", "nauseated", "repelled", "repulsed", "revolted", "shocked", "sickened" ], "near synonyms":[ "fed up", "weary", "angered", "angry", "apoplectic", "cheesed off", "displeased", "enraged", "fuming", "furious", "horn-mad", "incensed", "indignant", "infuriated", "irate", "livid", "mad", "outraged", "rankled", "riled", "roiled", "shirty", "sore", "steaming", "teed off", "ticked", "upset", "worked up", "wrought (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "thankful", "thrilled", "tickled", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "enthralled", "entranced", "fascinated", "mesmerized", "spellbound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "affected with nausea":{ "examples":[ "the bumpy ride made her sick to her stomach" ], "synonyms":[ "ill", "nauseated", "nauseous", "qualmish", "queasy", "queazy", "queer", "queerish", "sickish", "squeamish" ], "near synonyms":[ "green", "peaked", "peaky", "sickly", "unsettled", "upset", "woozy" ], "near antonyms":[ "settled", "healthy", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted":{ "examples":[ "I'm sick of listening to this radio station" ], "synonyms":[ "bored", "fed up", "jaded", "sick and tired", "tired", "wearied", "weary" ], "near synonyms":[ "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested", "glutted", "sated", "satiated", "surfeited", "dejected", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "beat", "burned-out", "burnt-out", "bushed", "done in", "drained", "enervated", "exhausted", "fatigued", "limp", "played out", "tuckered (out)", "worn-out", "annoyed", "exasperated", "frustrated", "irritated", "disgusted", "nauseated", "repulsed", "blas\u00e9", "blase", "world-weary" ], "near antonyms":[ "animated", "energized", "enlivened", "excited", "galvanized", "invigorated", "stimulated", "vitalized", "amused", "entertained", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "enthralled", "fascinated", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "delighted", "pleased", "thrilled" ], "antonyms":[ "absorbed", "engaged", "engrossed", "interested", "intrigued", "rapt" ] }, "having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{ "examples":[ "some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such books" ], "synonyms":[ "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "decadent", "degenerate", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "dissipated", "dissolute", "jackleg", "libertine", "loose", "perverse", "perverted", "rakehell", "rakehelly", "rakish", "reprobate", "unclean", "unwholesome", "warped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "cutthroat", "dishonest", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "contaminated", "spoiled", "tainted", "bad", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "nefarious", "sinful", "vicious", "wicked" ], "near antonyms":[ "incorruptible", "ethical", "honest", "principled", "good", "moral", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "pure", "uncorrupt", "uncorrupted" ] }, 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