SICKISH Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

sickish

adjective

ˈsi-kish

Definition of sickish

as in sick

affected with nausea the fumes from the freshly applied paint made her feel sickish

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Grape expectations In 2020, macaques in an enclosure at the sanctuary started getting sick with an HIV-like virus called SRV.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Or calling in sick from work even when the doctor cleared you to return in the new year.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sick

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Jessica Barden has a ball playing a mercurial, theatrical Nance who gets nauseous at the sight of her peas touching her carrots touching her mashed potatoes.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
There are snippets from Moby-Dick and The Sound of Music, a nauseous memory of the Stanley Steemer man who used to soak David’s carpets with a toxic cleaning agent that squelched around his bare feet (‘Suck, suck, suck’).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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