23 окт. 2024 г. · physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy: a sick child, a sick cow. My father has been off sick (= not working because of illness) for a long time. Sick · SICK AS A DOG · Sick as a parrot · Sick at heart

28 июн. 2024 г. · This usage flips the traditional negative meaning of "sick" to express admiration or approval for something impressive or cool.

adjective · affected with ill health, disease, or illness; ailing: · affected with nausea; inclined to vomit: · deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as ...

22 окт. 2024 г. · 1. a (1) : affected with disease or ill health : ailing (2) : of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness took five sick days this month. Be sick · Fall sick · Out sick · Feel sick

Sick describes someone who's not well, suffering from some kind of illness. You shouldn't go to school when you're sick.

sick adjective (CRUEL). cruel and unpleasant: He's got a sick mind.

8 окт. 2023 г. · Denotation of sick: poor health · Connotation of sick: impressive or exciting.

If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill.

17 нояб. 2017 г. · "You've got a sick car" very obviously means that your car is cool. "You've got a sick dog" means your dog is physically ill. Upvote 6

(especially of humour) dealing with physical or mental pain, disease or death in a cruel way that some people think is offensive.