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sicken
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)
- (transitive) To make ill.
- The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
- (intransitive) To become ill.
- I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
- (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
- His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
- (sports) To lower the standing of.
- (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
- (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
- (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)
- (regional, colloquial, western Germany) to piss
- (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
- (colloquial) what a; expresses a (often strong) feeling such as surprise, disappointment; liking, disliking
Synonyms
- vilken
Anagrams
- Nickes
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dishearten
English
Etymology
dis- +? hearten
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?h??.t?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?h??.t?n/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t?n
Verb
dishearten (third-person singular simple present disheartens, present participle disheartening, simple past and past participle disheartened)
- (transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- Synonym: discourage
- Antonyms: hearten, encourage
Translations
Further reading
- “dishearten”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Eisenhardt
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