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Synonyms for sickness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sik-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk nɪs

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Définition of sickness

Origin :
  • Old English seocnes "sickness, disease; a disease;" see sick (adj.) and -ness.
  • noun ill or abnormal condition
Example sentences :
  • Our sickness (sin) is revealed to us by the Ten Commandments.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • But there was sickness in the mountains and Waba-mooin said that it also was my fault.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Their sickness was the hand of God, but Benny just ain't had enough to eat.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • I saw off men's legs, or I help them through a spell of sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • For this end he is fed, clothed, and prescribed for in sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • "I've got sickness here," she would say, standing in the doorway confronting them.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • I could have pronounced him, alone, to be a young man aged by famine and sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • His children are shadows—their life a dance, a sickness, a corruption.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Why must I resign the sweetly-painful task of soothing you in the hour of sickness?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • They remembered only the latest, which was his weakness and sickness.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

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