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Sense: Adjective: sick
Synonyms:
sick Collocations, under the weather , unwell, unhealthy Collocations, ailing Collocations, faint Collocations, out of sorts, green around the gills , nauseous
Sense: Adjective: bad
Synonyms:
bad Collocations, evil Collocations, harmful Collocations, injurious, adverse Collocations, hurtful, detrimental Collocations, dangerous Collocations, hostile Collocations, damaging, wicked Collocations, noxious Collocations, malevolent, destructive, sinister, unfavorable
Sense: Noun: source of pain or distress - literary
Synonyms:
evil Collocations, wrong Collocations, bad Collocations, harm Collocations, sin Collocations, evilness, wickedness, badness, sinfulness, poison Collocations, trauma
Sense: Noun: misfortune - literary
Synonyms:
misfortune, bad luck, misadventure, mishap Collocations, adversity, tragedy, woe Collocations , hardship Collocations
Sense: Noun: problems or afflictions - plural
Synonyms:
problems, woes , issues, ailments, afflictions, difficulties, conditions, disorders
Sense: Adverb: hardly
Synonyms:
hardly Collocations, barely Collocations, by no means, scarcely Collocations, only just, with difficulty