Sick

a. [compar. SICKER; superl. SICKEST.] [O. Eng. seke, q. v., A-S. syc, sioc, seoc, O. Sax. siok, seoc, siec, O. Fries. siak, sek, L. Ger. seek, siek, süik, D. ziek, Goth. siuks, Icel. siukr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, O. H. Ger. siuch, sioch, N. H. Ger. siech.]

1Sense 1. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined or inclining to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

2Sense 2. Having a strong dislike; disgusted: — with of; as, to be sick of flattery; to be sick of a country life.

He was not so sick of his master as of his work. L'Estrange.

3Sense 3. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health; — followed by of; as, to be sick of a fever. See ILLNESS.

I hear the king, my father, is sore sick. Shak.

4Sense 4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakened.

So great is his antipathy against Episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. Fuller.

Sick headache (Med.), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea.

Synonyms— Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.