sickness B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈsɪknɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #5624 Meanings 1 noun The state of being ill, or a particular illness. He missed two weeks of work because of sickness. 2 noun The feeling that you are going to vomit. Many people suffer from sickness when travelling by sea. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being ill, or... illnessdiseasemalady 2 noun · the feeling that you are... nausea Word family Forms sicknesses Derived forms airsicknessbottle-sicknesscarsicknesscybersicknessfalling-sicknessgallsicknessgreen-sicknesshome-sicknesshomesicknesslungsicknessradiosicknesssea-sickness Common collocations altitude sickness Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes. By surface analysis, sick + -ness. sikness Middle English sēocnes Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sickness **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɪknɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 5624 ## Meanings 1. The state of being ill, or a particular illness. 2. The feeling that you are going to vomit. ## Examples - He missed two weeks of work because of sickness. - Many people suffer from sickness when travelling by sea. ## Derived Forms - airsickness - bottle-sickness - carsickness - cybersickness - falling-sickness - gallsickness - green-sickness - home-sickness - homesickness - lungsickness - radiosickness - sea-sickness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sikness - Root: sēocnes ## Etymology From Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes. By surface analysis, sick + -ness. ## AI Etymology Sickness is from Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes. By surface analysis, sick + -ness. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English sikness, Old English sēocnes. In current use it includes senses such as The state of being ill, or a particular illness and The feeling that you are going to vomit. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown