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Poorly and Sick Definitions

Poorly

In a poor manner. See Usage Note at poor.

Sick

Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing.

Poorly

In poor health; ill
Feeling poorly. See Usage Note at bad1.

Sick

Of or for sick persons
Sick wards.

Poorly

In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
To live poorly
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Sick

Nauseated.

Poorly

With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.
To do poorly in business

Sick

Mentally ill or disturbed.

Poorly

Meanly; without spirit.

Sick

Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic
A sick joke.
A sick crime.
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Poorly

Without skill or merit.
He plays tennis poorly.

Sick

Defective; unsound
A sick economy.

Poorly

In a negative manner; with disapproval.
I think poorly of them.
She looked poorly on that suggestion.

Sick

Deeply distressed; upset
Sick with worry.

Poorly

(UK) ill, unwell, sick
To report one's child poorly
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Sick

Disgusted; revolted.

Poorly

In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

Sick

Weary; tired
Sick of it all.

Poorly

With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.

Sick

Pining; longing
Sick for his native land.

Poorly

Meanly; without spirit.
Nor is their courage or their wealth so low,That from his wars they poorly would retire.

Sick

In need of repairs
A sick ship.

Poorly

Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.

Sick

Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within
A sick office building.

Poorly

Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

Sick

Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops
Sick soil.

Poorly

Somewhat ill or prone to illness;
My poor ailing grandmother
Feeling a bit indisposed today
You look a little peaked
Feeling poorly
A sickly child
Is unwell and can't come to work

Sick

(Slang) Excellent; outstanding
Did a sick run down the halfpipe.

Poorly

(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well;
He was ill prepared
It ill befits a man to betray old friends
The car runs badly
He performed badly on the exam
The team played poorly
Ill-fitting clothes
An ill-conceived plan

Sick

Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.

Sick

Chiefly British Vomit.

Sick

Variant of sic2.

Sick

In poor health; ill.
She was sick all day with the flu.
We have to care for the sick.

Sick

Having an urge to vomit.

Sick

(colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.

Sick

(colloquial) In bad taste.
That's a sick joke.

Sick

Tired of or annoyed by something.
I've heard that song on the radio so many times that I'm starting to get sick of it.

Sick

(slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
This tune is sick.
Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!

Sick

In poor condition.
Sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick

Sick

(agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

Sick

Vomit.
He lay there in a pool of his own sick.

Sick

(especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.

Sick

(colloquial) To vomit.
I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.

Sick

To fall sick; to sicken.

Sick

(rare) sic

Sick

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.
Behold them that are sick with famine.

Sick

Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

Sick

Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; - with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
He was not so sick of his master as of his work.

Sick

Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings.

Sick

Sickness.

Sick

To fall sick; to sicken.

Sick

People who are sick;
They devote their lives to caring for the sick

Sick

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Sick

Not in good physical or mental health;
Ill from the monotony of his suffering

Sick

Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

Sick

Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad

Sick

Having a strong distaste from surfeit;
Grew more and more disgusted
Fed up with their complaints
Sick of it all
Sick to death of flattery
Gossip that makes one sick
Tired of the noise and smoke

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