Antonyms for sicker


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sik-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk ər


Definition of sicker

Origin :
  • "to chase, set upon" (as in command sick him!), 1845, dialectal variant of seek. Used as an imperative to incite a dog to attack a person or animal; hence "cause to pursue." Related: Sicked; sicking.
  • adj not healthy, not feeling well
  • adj morbid, gross
  • adj fed up, displeased
Example sentences :
  • But he never heard any music, and this, instead of calming his nerves, made him sicker.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • I don't say Ireland is sound, but she is no sicker than she ever was.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • How, then, do you not recognize one whose heart is sicker than your own?
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • John tells me you were sicker than 283 people usually are at such times.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
  • You shall be sicker yet, if you do not speak to some purpose.
  • Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston
  • And then when it looked as if it would be Marcia Oldham I got sicker.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
  • No sicker than I am of hearing it pour, retorted the first speaker.
  • Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
  • I have seen any number of sicker children, and known them to get well.
  • Extract from : « The Home at Greylock » by Elizabeth Prentiss
  • The more I thought of it, the sicker I became, and now what was I to do?
  • Extract from : « From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket and How I Did It » by John Peele
  • “I guess I was sicker than I imagined,” he said to himself, as he kept doggedly on.
  • Extract from : « Fenn Masterson's Discovery » by Allen Chapman

Synonyms for sicker

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