different between sicken vs abash

English

Etymology

From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick +? -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k?n/

  Rhymes: -?k?n

Verb

sicken (third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened)

1. (transitive) To make ill.

   The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.

2. (intransitive) To become ill.

   I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
3. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.

   His arrogant behaviour sickens me.

4. (sports) To lower the standing of.
5. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
6. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
7. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.

Translations

Derived terms

• sickening

Anagrams

• sincke

German

Etymology

From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-Germanic *saikijan?, whence also archaic German seichen. The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikk?n? (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?k?n/

Verb

sicken (weak, third-person singular present sickt, past tense sickte, past participle gesickt, auxiliary haben)

1. (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to piss

2. (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain

Usage notes

• The figurative sense is used chiefly in the colloquial progressive with am (as above).

Conjugation

Derived terms

• sickig

Swedish

Pronoun

sicken c sicket n sicka, sickna pl

1. (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking

Synonyms

• vilken

Anagrams

• Nickes

English

Alternative forms

• abasse

Etymology

First attested in 1303. From Middle English abaisen, abaishen, abashen (“to gape with surprise”) etc., from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, abaisser (“to astonish, alter”), from Old French esbaïr, (French ébahir), from es- (“utterly”) + baïr (“to astonish”), from Medieval Latin *exbad?, from ex- (“out of”) + bado (“I gape, yawn”), an onomatopoeic word imitating a yawn, see also French badaud (“rubbernecker”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæ?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæ?/

• Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

abash (third-person singular simple present abashes, present participle abashing, simple past and past participle abashed)

1. (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]

   Synonyms: bewilder, confuse, confound, daunt, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dishearten, embarrass, faze, fluster, humble, humiliate, mortify, rattle, shake, shame, snub

   Antonyms: abet, animate, buoy, cheer, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, inspirit, rally, reassure, uphold

   • 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 14

     He was a man whom no check could abash
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 16^th century.]

Usage notes

• Of abash, confuse, confound: Abash is a stronger word than confuse, but not so strong as confound.
  • We are abashed when struck either with sudden shame or with a humbling sense of inferiority; as, Peter was abashed by the look of his Master. So a modest youth is abashed in the presence of those who are greatly his superiors.
  • We are confused when, from some unexpected or startling occurrence, we lose clearness of thought and self-possession. Thus, a witness is often confused by a severe cross-examination; a timid person is apt to be confused in entering a room full of strangers.
  • We are confounded when our minds are overwhelmed, as it were, by something wholly unexpected, amazing, dreadful, etc., so that we have nothing to say. Thus, a criminal is usually confounded at the discovery of his guilt.

  • Satan stood Awhile as mute, confounded what to say. – John Milton

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:abash

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Basha, Sabah, basha, sabha