sickness

Definition

  • noun: unhealthy condition of body or mind
  • noun: ill health
  • synonyms: malady, illness, disease

Examples

  • The patient complained of 'sickness' [='nausea'] and stomach pains.

  • She missed work due to 'sickness'. [='illness']

  • He died from an unknown 'sickness'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Statue! Do you, George, Sheriff of Nottingham... ...take this woman for your wife? To have and hold... ...in sickness and in health, for better or worse-- Yes, yes! Come on! Make haste! And do you, Marian, take this man to be your husband? (..)
    1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves