Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with sick in British Collocation
sick
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/sɪk/
horribly
physically
violently
He regretted eating it immediately, for he was then violently sick.
acutely
chronically
desperately
mentally
pretty
terminally
very
We often see people who are desperately sick with asthma or bronchitis.