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sickness > 3 senses
NOUN1sickness, illness, unwellness, maladyImpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
2sicknessDefectiveness or unsoundness
3sickness, nauseaThe state that precedes vomiting
sickness > pronunciation
Soundssih'knahs
Rhymesabacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs...
sickness > noun 1, state
MeaningImpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
Synonymsillness, unwellness, malady
Contraryhealth, wellness
Broaderill health, unhealthiness, health problem
Narrowerague; amyloidosis; anuresis, anuria; catastrophic illness; collapse; decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends; food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder; lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism; disease; hypermotility; indisposition; ozone sickness; toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia; growth
Adjectivessick
sickness > noun 2, state
MeaningDefectiveness or unsoundness.
Examples"drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"
Broaderdefectiveness, faultiness
sickness > noun 3, state
MeaningThe state that precedes vomiting.
Synonymsnausea
Broadersymptom
Narrowermotion sickness, kinetosis; morning sickness; queasiness, squeamishness, qualm
Adjectivessick; sick

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