Synonyms and antonyms of To cause someone to have an illness or feel ill in British Thesaurus

cause (verb)

used about something that makes an illness start

give (verb)

to pass an illness or disease to another person

pass on ()

to give someone an infectious illness

infect (verb)

to make someone get a disease, that can be spread from one person to another

spread (verb)

if a disease spreads, or if something spreads it, it affects more people as it is passed from one person to another

go around ()

if something such as an illness or a piece of news is going around, people are giving or telling it to each other

communicate (verb)

medical to pass a disease from one person or animal to another

carry (verb)

to have a disease and be capable of infecting someone else with it

transmit (verb)

to spread a disease from one person to another

develop (verb)

to begin to appear as part of an illness or medical condition

come on ()

if an illness comes on, it starts to affect you

disagree with (mainly spoken)

mainly spoken if something you have eaten or drunk disagrees with you, it makes you feel ill

disgust (verb)

if something very unpleasant disgusts you, it makes you feel physically ill when you see, smell, or taste it

flare up ()

if an illness or medical condition flares up, it becomes worse

gross out ()

if something grosses you out, it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel ill

infect (verb)

to fill something with bacteria or other substances that spread disease

knock the stuffing out of someone ()

to make someone physically or mentally weak

lay someone low ()

to make someone ill or weak and unable to do the things that they usually do

overcome (verb)

to make someone very emotional, weak, ill, or unconscious

predispose (verb)

formal to make someone likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition

prostrate (verb)

formal if you are prostrated by something, it makes you feel extremely upset or ill

repel (verb)

if something repels you, you think that it is extremely unpleasant and you want to avoid it

repulse (verb)

formal if someone or something repulses you, they are so unpleasant that you feel slightly ill when you see them or think about them

revolt (verb)

if someone or something revolts you, they are so unpleasant that you feel slightly ill

sap (verb)

to make someone feel weak

strike down ()

to make someone die or become so ill that they can no longer live a normal life

weaken (verb)

to make someone physically less strong and healthy, or to become less strong and healthy