Sickness

Pronunciation

Origin

From the Old English seocness.

Full definition of sickness

Noun

1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.I do lament the sickness of the king. -William ShakespeareTrust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. -Alexander Pope.Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life. -Jane Austen.
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

Derived terms

• dative sickness

Synonyms

• nausea
• disease
• illness
• infirmity
• malady

Hyponyms

• car sickness
• homesickness
• motion sickness