Sickness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɪknəs|  American pronunciation of the word sickness
Brit.  |ˈsɪknəs|  British pronunciation of the word sickness

noun

- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism (syn: illness, malady)
- defectiveness or unsoundness
drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
a great sickness of his judgment
- the state that precedes vomiting (syn: nausea)

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

noun
singular: sickness
plural: sicknesses
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