mentally sick

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  • sick — sick1 [ sık ] adjective *** 1. ) if you are sick, you do not feel well: He stayed at home caring for his sick wife. sick and injured/wounded/dying: a clinic for animals that are sick and injured get/fall sick (=become sick): He suddenly fell very …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sick — sick1 [sik] adj. [ME sik, seke < OE seoc, akin to Ger siech < IE base * seug , to be troubled or grieved > Arm hiucanim, (I) am weakening] 1. suffering from disease or illness; unwell; ill: in this sense, now rare or literary in England… …   English World dictionary

  • sick|ie — «SIHK ee», noun. 1. U.S. Slang. a sick person, especially one who is mentally ill. 2. Australian Slang. a sick leave …   Useful english dictionary

  • sick — adj. Physically or mentally ill; can also include incapacity due to physical injury. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • Sick in the head — mentally deranged …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • sick — sick1 W3S1 [sık] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ill)¦ 2 be sick 3 feel sick 4 make me/you sick 5 make somebody/yourself sick 6 be sick (and tired) of (doing) something 7 be worried sick/be sick with worry 8¦(strange/cruel)¦ 9 sick at heart …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sick — 1 /sIk/ adjective 1 ILL suffering from a disease or illness: Where s Sheila is she sick? | a sick child | get sick AmE (=become ill): At the last minute I got sick and couldn t go. | sick as a dog (=very sick): Pete s at home in bed, sick as a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sick — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun the sick ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic, long term (both esp. BrE) VERB + THE SICK ▪ visit ▪ aid, care for …   Collocations dictionary

  • sick — [[t]sɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ sicker, sickest 1) ADJ GRADED If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. He s very sick. He needs medication... She found herself with two small children,… …   English dictionary

  • sick — 1. adj., n., & v. adj. 1 (often in comb.) esp. Brit. vomiting or tending to vomit (feels sick; has been sick; seasick). 2 esp. US ill; affected by illness (has been sick for a week; a sick man; sick with measles). 3 a (often foll. by at) esp.… …   Useful english dictionary

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