| VERB | emotion | sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, churn up | cause aversion in |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | sicken, come down | get sick | |
| perception | sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach | upset and make nauseated | |
| body | sicken | make sick or ill |
| Sounds | sih'kahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to sicken Sue | |
| Example | "The pornographic pictures sickened us" | |
| Synonyms | disgust, revolt, nauseate, churn up | |
| Narrower | shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| Broader | repel, repulse | Be repellent to |
| Spanish | asquear, repugnar | |
| Catalan | fastiguejar, fer fàstic, inspirar aversió, repugnar, tenir nàusees | |
| Meaning | Get sick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | come down | |
| Narrower | canker | Become infected with a canker |
| contract, take, get | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | |
| wan | Become pale and sickly | |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| Spanish | enfermar | |
| Catalan | emmalaltir-se, emmalaltir, tenir nàusees | |
| Meaning | upset and make nauseated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The mold on the food sickened the diners" | |
| Synonyms | nauseate, turn one's stomach | |
| Broader | disgust, gross out, revolt, repel | Fill with distaste |
| Spanish | causar náuseas, dar náuseas, enfermarse, enfermar, nausear | |
| Catalan | emmalaltir-se, emmalaltir, posar-se malalt, tenir nàusees | |
| Meaning | make sick or ill. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This kind of food sickens me" | |
| Narrower | gag, choke | Cause to retch or choke |
| Broader | harm | Cause or do harm to |
| Spanish | enfermarse, enfermar, nausear, se enferman | |
| Catalan | emmalaltir-se, emmalaltir, posar-se malalt, tenir nàusees | |
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