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Sick for Dummies

adjective

pronunciation: sɪk

What does Sick really mean?

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Sick is a word we use to describe a feeling or a state when our body is not feeling well. It's like when you catch a cold or have a bad tummy ache. When we say we are sick, it means that there is something not right in our body, and it's making us feel unwell. Being sick can make us feel tired, achy, or even make us throw up. Sometimes, when we are sick, we might need to stay in bed to rest and allow our body to heal.

There are different ways to be sick. For example, you could have a fever, which means your body temperature is higher than normal. This might make you feel hot and sweaty. Or you might have a headache, where your head hurts a lot, or a cough, where you can't stop coughing. If you have a stomach ache, it means your tummy hurts and might make you feel like throwing up. Other times, being sick could mean having a runny nose and sneezing a lot. These are all different ways our body tells us that something is not right.

Think of being sick as if your body is like a car engine. When the engine is running smoothly, the car works perfectly and can take you to many places. But when something goes wrong with the engine, like if it overheats or the oil is not good anymore, the car doesn't work well. It might not start or make funny noises. Just like a car, our body needs all its parts to be healthy and working together for us to feel good. When something is not working well, like when we catch germs from someone else or don't take care of our body, we can get sick.

So, when someone says they are sick, it's like their body is telling them that something is not right and needs some extra care. It's important to listen to our body and take the time to rest and get better. It's like giving the car the care it needs when it's not working well. When we take care of our bodies and give them the rest and medicine they need, we can start feeling better and get back to our usual selves.


Revised and Fact checked by Sophia Martinez on 2023-10-30 02:49:21

Sick In a sentece

Learn how to use Sick inside a sentece

  • When someone has the flu and is not feeling well, they may say they are sick.
  • If you eat something bad and your stomach hurts, you might feel sick.
  • When you have a cold and your nose is running and you keep sneezing, you can say you are sick.
  • If you have a fever and your body feels hot, you could be sick.
  • Sometimes if you have a headache and feel tired, you may feel sick.

Sick Synonyms

Words that can be interchanged for the original word in the same context.

barf barf be sick be sick brainsick brainsick cast cast cat cat chuck chuck crazy crazy demented demented disgorge disgorge disgusted disgusted disturbed disturbed fed up fed up ghastly ghastly grim grim grisly grisly gruesome gruesome honk honk ill ill macabre macabre mad mad nauseated nauseated nauseous nauseous pale pale pallid pallid puke puke purge purge queasy queasy regorge regorge regurgitate regurgitate retch retch sick of sick of sickish sickish spew spew spue spue throw up throw up tired of tired of unbalanced unbalanced unhinged unhinged upchuck upchuck vomit vomit vomit up vomit up wan wan

Sick Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.

egest egest eliminate eliminate excrete excrete pass pass people people

Sick Similar Words

Words that similar to the original word, but are not synonyms.

affected affected afflicted afflicted aguish aguish ailing ailing air sick air sick airsick airsick alarming alarming autistic autistic bedfast bedfast bedrid bedrid bedridden bedridden bilious bilious bronchitic bronchitic carsick carsick consumptive consumptive convalescent convalescent delirious delirious diabetic diabetic displeased displeased dizzy dizzy dyspeptic dyspeptic faint faint feverish feverish feverous feverous funny funny giddy giddy gouty gouty green green hallucinating hallucinating ill ill indisposed indisposed insane insane laid low laid low laid up laid up light light light-headed light-headed lightheaded lightheaded liverish liverish livery livery milk-sick milk-sick moved moved nauseated nauseated nauseous nauseous palsied palsied paralytic paralytic paralyzed paralyzed paraplegic paraplegic peaked peaked poorly poorly queasy queasy rachitic rachitic recovering recovering rickety rickety scrofulous scrofulous seasick seasick seedy seedy sick-abed sick-abed sickish sickish sickly sickly sneezy sneezy spastic spastic stirred stirred stricken stricken swooning swooning touched touched tubercular tubercular tuberculous tuberculous under the weather under the weather unhealed unhealed unwell unwell upset upset vertiginous vertiginous weak weak woozy woozy