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sicken
sicken /ˈsɪkən/ verb
 Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
1. [transitive] to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something
   SYN  disgust:
    The thought of such cruelty sickened her.
    All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of life.
2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to gradually become very ill:
    The older people just sickened and died as food supplies ran low.
     
be sickening for something phrasal verb British English
  to be starting to have an illness:
    Perhaps you’re sickening for something.
sicken of something phrasal verb
  to lose your desire for something or your interest in it:
    He finally sickened of the endless round of parties and idle conversation.