sick

malade

Qui n’est pas en bonne santé à cause d’une maladie ou d’un autre problème de santé.

En anglais simple : Not healthy because of a disease or another health problem.

• My brother is sick today.
• She stayed home to care for her sick mother.
• Several animals became sick after drinking the water.

Synonymes : ill, unwell

Contraires : healthy, well

Expressions courantes : sick child, sick leave, get sick, sick animal

nauséeux, barbouillé

Qui a envie de vomir.

En anglais simple : Feeling that food may come back up from your stomach and out of your mouth.

• I feel sick after lunch.
• The smell made her feel sick.
• Do you feel sick when you travel by boat?

Comment l'utiliser : feel sick (I feel sick after that boat ride.)

Synonymes : nauseous, queasy, nauseated

Expressions courantes : feel sick, sick with nausea, make someone sick

pervers, répugnant

Très cruel, pervers ou dérangeant, au point de provoquer du dégoût.

En anglais simple : Very cruel, wrong, or disturbing in a way that makes people feel disgusted.

• Hurting animals for fun is sick.
• The police uncovered a sick plan to torture prisoners.
• She was horrified by his sick fantasies.

Synonymes : twisted, depraved, disgusting

Expressions courantes : sick mind, sick behaviour, sick fantasy

pervers, répugnant

Très cruel, pervers ou dérangeant, au point de provoquer du dégoût.

En anglais simple : Very cruel, wrong, or disturbing in a way that makes people feel disgusted.

• Hurting animals for fun is sick.
• The police uncovered a sick plan to torture prisoners.
• She was horrified by his sick fantasies.

Synonymes : twisted, depraved, disgusting

Expressions courantes : sick mind, sick behaviour, sick fantasy

génial, énorme

Dans le langage familier, extrêmement bon, enthousiasmant ou impressionnant.

En anglais simple : Extremely good, exciting, or impressive.

• That guitar solo was sick!
• You landed a sick trick on your skateboard.
• Her new track has a really sick beat.

Synonymes : awesome, excellent, amazing, cool

Contraires : awful

Expressions courantes : sick beat, sick trick, sick car

vomir

Rejeter par la bouche des aliments ou du liquide venant de l’estomac.

En anglais simple : To bring food or liquid back up from your stomach and out of your mouth.

• The baby sicked on my shirt.
• He sicked up his breakfast.
• The dog had sicked on the kitchen floor.

Comment l'utiliser : sick up something (The baby sicked up some milk.)

Synonymes : vomit, throw up, be sick

Expressions courantes : sick up something, sick on something