SICKISH

nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish

(adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sickish (comparative more sickish, superlative most sickish)

Somewhat sick, but not seriously so.

Synonyms

• out of sorts, poorly, unwell

Source: Wiktionary


Sick"ish, a.

1. Somewhat sick or diseased.

2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.

– Sick"ish*ly, adv.

– Sick"ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 December 2024

SINCERE

(adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful; “he was a good man, decent and sincere”; “felt sincere regret that they were leaving”; “sincere friendship”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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