Meaning of sick

sick

1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
3. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
4. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
5. characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
6. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian; sick jokes.
7. of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
8. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
9. disgusted; chagrined.
10. not in proper condition; impaired.
11. a wheat-sick soil.
1. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified:a wheat-sick soil.
2. containing harmful microorganisms:a sick field.
12. menstruating.
13. to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
14. utterly weary; fed up: I'm sick and tired of working so hard!
15. nauseated.
16. nauseated.

1. sick persons collectively (usually prec. by the).

sick

1. sic.