Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sick to one's stomach

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: sick- -to one's s-tom-ach
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.

American usage

Example Sentences

"[H]e had torn the paper from one of his cigarettes and was chewing the tobacco. This was his last resort, an expedient which he fell back upon only in great extremity, as it invariably made him sick to his stomach."
"You don't know how sick you make me / You make me fucking sick to my stomach / Every time I think of you I puke"
"Tonight there was no roar from the Mini’s engine, rather that grinding noise. A deathly hush descended on the crowd. Frank felt sick to his stomach. Suddenly there was a huge explosion from Queenie’s exhaust pipe."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more sick to one's stomach (comparative) most sick to one's stomach (superlative)

Questions

What does sick to one's stomach mean?: Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.

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