Definitions for Sickness
ˈsɪk nɪssick·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. illness, unwellness, malady, sicknessnoun

   impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

2. sicknessnoun

   defectiveness or unsoundness

   "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"

3. nausea, sicknessnoun

   the state that precedes vomiting

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sicknessnoun

   The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.

2. Etymology: From seocness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sicknessnoun

   Etymology: from sick.

   1. State of being diseased.

   I do lament the sickness of the king,
   As loth to lose him. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   2. Disease; malady.

   My people are with sickness much enfeebled,
   My numbers lessen’d. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Mat.

   When I say every sickness has a tendency to death, I mean every individual sickness as well as every kind. Isaac Watts.

   Trust not too much your now resistless charms;
   Those age or sickness soon or late disarms. Alexander Pope.

   3. Disorder in the organs of digestion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sicknessnoun

   the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady

2. Sicknessnoun

   nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach

Matched Categories

1. • Defectiveness
   • Symptom

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Sickness' in Nouns Frequency: #2654

How to pronounce Sickness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Sickness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sickness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sickness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Sickness in a Sentence

1. Salia Woodbury:

   My mom and dad told me that addiction is a sickness, yeah, a sickness that makes people feel like they have to take drugs or drink alcohol to feel OK.

2. Eliana Espinosa:

   Right now we don't make too much money, so if she loses her insurance, I would end up having to stop going to college so that I can get a job to help pay for her medical expenses, my mom is really important for me because she was there for me through my entire sickness.

3. Mike Nipper:

   I think I'm really committed now, we promised each other, in sickness and in health until death do us part, and that's how its going to be. We're just trying to extend that death do us part for as long as we can.

4. Joseph Stalin:

   Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs.

5. Lao Tse, In a discussion with Confucious about the true nature of humanity.:

   Give up your relentless moralizing, the continual pinpricks which pierce the skin of your fellows. The distinction between good and evil is the sickness of the mind. Give up your morals, and the people will regain a love of their fellows.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sickness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sickness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sickness
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sickness