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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sickness

   Sickness is a state of being affected by physical or mental health complications, often characterized by symptoms such as pain, discomfort, weakness, fever, fatigue, and other disturbances of normal physiological functions. It may be caused by various factors such as infection, disease, dysfunction of organs or body systems, environmental hazards, or unhealthy lifestyle habits. Sickness can be temporary or chronic, and the severity can range from mild discomfort to life-threatening conditions.

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. John Steinbeck, The Winter of our Discontent:

   Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   I have to choose, lie down with my choices, make my efforts, try to get better, live to see my sickness not through crazed eyes, but through the eyes of a shared language – reconstructed depths of wholeness.

3. Joseph Stalin:

   Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs.

4. Brianna Moore:

   What's interesting, too, is that we measured this at midpregnancy, these women very much knew they were pregnant, and they were past that first trimester where cannabis is often used for morning sickness.

5. Eric Trump:

   For a party that preaches tolerance, this once again demonstrates they have very little civility. When somebody is sick enough to resort to spitting on someone, it just emphasizes a sickness and desperation and the fact that we're winning.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickness