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sick
adjective as in not healthy, not feeling well
Strong matches
ailing, confined, debilitated, declining, disordered, down, frail, funny, green, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, incurable, indisposed, infected, invalid, mean, nauseated, peaked, suffering, tottering, wobbly
Weak matches
bedridden, broken down, defective, delicate, diseased, feeble, feverish, in a bad way, in poor health, infirm, laid-up, lousy, not so hot, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog, under medication, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, weak
Example Sentences
The bill aims to strengthen workers' rights in areas including unfair dismissals, flexible working and sick pay.
The councillor said she was "physically sick" after putting forward the motion, and left "crying my eyes out" about it.
He railed against “nonsense” reports linking the use of sick time in the workforce to overweight employees.
The government has a "moral duty" to help long-term sick and disabled people to work if they can, Labour MPs have said, as ministers plan to reform welfare.
“It’s for the two of us, and we’re not sick,” said Vartan, general manager at A Slice of New York pizza shops in the Bay Area cities of San Jose and Sunnyvale.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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