1sick 
/ˈsɪk/ adjective
sick·er; sick·est /ˈsɪk/ adjective [also more sick; most sick] 1 : affected with a disease or illness : ill
▪ He is at home sick in bed. ▪ She is sick with the flu. ▪ I'm too sick to go to work. ▪ a sick dog ▪ The medicine just made me sicker. ▪ The sickest patients are in intensive care. ▪ My poor rosebush looks sick. ▪ (US) I hardly ever get sick. ▪ (US) She has been out sick all week. = (Brit) She has been off sick all week. [=she has not been at work all week because she is sick] ▪ (formal) Dozens of workers fell sick [=became ill] from exposure to the fumes. ▪ (old-fashioned) He took sick [=became ill] and died. ▪ (informal) He was (as) sick as a dog. [=he was very sick] — sometimes used figuratively ▪ a sick economy — see also airsick, carsick, seasick 2 always used before a noun : of or relating to people who are ill
▪ She has been on the sick list all week. ▪ the hospital's sick ward 3 a not used before a noun, informal : very annoyed or bored by something because you have had too much of it — + of ▪ He was sick of her lies. ▪ I'm getting sick of this cold weather. ▪ I'm sick of pizza—I had it three times this week already. ▪ What are you most sick of? ▪ I'm sick and tired of hearing you two argue. = I'm sick to death of hearing you two argue.
b : very disgusted or angry
▪ The way they treat people makes me sick. 4 : not mentally normal or healthy
▪ I know it sounds sick, but I like reading about murders. ▪ He has a sick [=perverted] mind. ▪ sick [=morbid, disturbing] thoughts 5 : relating to very unpleasant or offensive things
▪ sick jokes/humor 6 a : very unpleasant
▪ I had a sick feeling that we were hopelessly lost.
b : powerfully affected by a strong and unpleasant emotion — usually + with ▪ She was sick with shame/fear/longing/guilt. ▪ We have been sick with worry about her. = We've been worried sick [=very worried] about her. — see also homesick, lovesick
▪ He is at home sick in bed. ▪ She is sick with the flu. ▪ I'm too sick to go to work. ▪ a sick dog ▪ The medicine just made me sicker. ▪ The sickest patients are in intensive care. ▪ My poor rosebush looks sick. ▪ (US) I hardly ever get sick. ▪ (US) She has been out sick all week. = (Brit) She has been off sick all week. [=she has not been at work all week because she is sick] ▪ (formal) Dozens of workers fell sick [=became ill] from exposure to the fumes. ▪ (old-fashioned) He took sick [=became ill] and died. ▪ (informal) He was (as) sick as a dog. [=he was very sick] — sometimes used figuratively ▪ a sick economy — see also airsick, carsick, seasick
▪ She has been on the sick list all week. ▪ the hospital's sick ward
b : very disgusted or angry
▪ The way they treat people makes me sick.
▪ I know it sounds sick, but I like reading about murders. ▪ He has a sick [=perverted] mind. ▪ sick [=morbid, disturbing] thoughts
▪ sick jokes/humor
▪ I had a sick feeling that we were hopelessly lost.
b : powerfully affected by a strong and unpleasant emotion — usually + with ▪ She was sick with shame/fear/longing/guilt. ▪ We have been sick with worry about her. = We've been worried sick [=very worried] about her. — see also homesick, lovesick
be sick
: to vomit
▪ I was sick [=vomited, threw up] several times. ▪ The last time I ate oysters, I was violently sick. [=I vomited a lot] ▪ Stop the car—I'm going to be sick. [=I'm going to throw up]
▪ I was sick [=vomited, threw up] several times. ▪ The last time I ate oysters, I was violently sick. [=I vomited a lot] ▪ Stop the car—I'm going to be sick. [=I'm going to throw up]
call/phone in sick
◊If you call/phone in sick, you make a phone call to your place of work to say you will not be working that day because you are sick.
▪ Two of the waiters called in sick, so we're very short-staffed.
▪ Two of the waiters called in sick, so we're very short-staffed.
feel sick 1 US : to feel ill
▪ I was feeling sick, so I went home early. 2 : to feel like you will vomit
▪ After eating a whole plate of cookies, I felt sick. 3 US : to feel very upset
▪ I feel sick about what happened.
▪ I was feeling sick, so I went home early.
▪ After eating a whole plate of cookies, I felt sick.
▪ I feel sick about what happened.
report sick — see 2report
sick at heart — see heart
sick to your stomach 1 US : caused to vomit
▪ I was sick to my stomach [=I vomited] last night. : feeling like you are going to vomit ▪ When I had the flu, just the thought of eating made me sick to my stomach. [=nauseous] 2 : feeling very disgusted or angry
▪ The way they treat people makes me sick to my stomach.
▪ I was sick to my stomach [=I vomited] last night. : feeling like you are going to vomit ▪ When I had the flu, just the thought of eating made me sick to my stomach. [=nauseous]
▪ The way they treat people makes me sick to my stomach.
the sick
: people who are sick : sick people
▪ She spent her life caring for the sick and dying.
▪ She spent her life caring for the sick and dying.
