Sickness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- defectiveness or unsoundness
a great sickness of his judgment
Extra examples
He died from an unknown sickness.
...she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life...
Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea.
He said the idea of 'success' was part of the sickness of Western cultures.
Sickness takes all the fun out of life.
Faulty diet disposes one to sickness.
Sickness endows the mind with a new perceptiveness.
I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength.
Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.
Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.
If you are entitled to sickness allowance, you must claim it from your employer.
Most children eventually outgrow a tendency toward travel sickness.
The feeling of sickness soon passed.
How many working days were lost through sickness last year?
I am better, but have had two or three returns of sickness. (M. R. Mitford)
Word forms
singular: sickness
plural: sicknesses
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