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sickest

ADJECTIVE

not healthy, not feeling well

Synonyms

STRONG

ailing confined debilitated declining disordered down frail funny green hospitalized ill impaired imperfect incurable indisposed infected invalid mean nauseated peaked suffering tottering wobbly

WEAK

BROKEN: target entry 'broken down' discarded bedridden defective delicate diseased feeble feverish in a bad way in poor health infirm laid-up lousy not so hot poorly qualmish queasy rickety rocky rotten run down sick as a dog under medication under the weather unhealthy unwell weak

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy perfect sound strong well

WEAK

clean content gentle happy moral nice pleased satisfied undiseased

ADJECTIVE

morbid, gross

Synonyms

WEAK

ghoulish macabre morose sadistic sickly

Antonyms

WEAK

clean content gentle happy healthy moral nice pleased satisfied undiseased well

ADJECTIVE

fed up, displeased

Synonyms

STRONG

bored disgusted jaded revolted satiated tired weary

WEAK

blasé up to here with

Antonyms

STRONG

activated fresh

WEAK

clean content gentle happy healthy moral nice pleased satisfied undiseased well

Example Sentences

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It's a situation akin to removing the "sickest patients" from hospitals and placing them in backstreet clinics, according to Anders Bach-Mortensen, an associate professor of social care at Roskilde University.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Some of the sickest burns on the internet right now are coming from French bureaucrats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The late-night host’s comments, Carr said, were “the sickest conduct possible.”

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

“Often the people that are going into these programs are the sickest of the sick,” said Cathy Pederson, a neurobiologist at Wittenberg University in Ohio and the lead author of the study.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

On the night when he was sickest, when his pulse was almost gone and his breathing only a flutter, when I thought he was dying, I sat by his side and held his hand.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien