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

  • (..) because the incident that occurred this Tuesday last describes an issue that concerns all of us. Not an isolated case of vandalism. What happened is a symptom of the sickness of a society. A sickness which runs counter to the principles this school was founded on. A school among whose graduates (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman