sickened
Turned the stomach
Sickened is the past tense of sicken—to make or become ill, or to fill with disgust.
Physical sickness: The contaminated water sickened dozens of residents.
More often figurative revulsion: I was sickened by the photos from the massacre.
The emotional sense implies a visceral, gut-level response to something morally repugnant.
Rejected with disgust
- revoltedRose in opposition
- appalledShocked by wrongness
- horrifiedIntensely shocked, disgusted
- repelledDrove away forcefully
loathing · abhorred · offended · distaste · aversion · contempt · disdain · outraged
Mildly sick to stomach
- nauseousFeeling urge to vomit
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
bilious · seasick · carsick · airsick · upset stomach · heaving · dry heaves · green around the gills
Made impure by contact
- poisonedMade toxic intentionally
- diseasedAffected by illness
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
ill · feverish · ailing · weakened · bedridden · contagious · symptomatic · hospitalized
repulsed
Rejected with disgust
repelled · loathing · abhorred · offended · distaste · aversion · contempt · disdain · outraged · scandalized
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
- nauseousFeeling urge to vomit
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
gagging · bilious · seasick · carsick · airsick · upset stomach · heaving · dry heaves · green around the gills · queasiness
contaminated
Made impure by contact
- poisonedMade toxic intentionally
- diseasedAffected by illness
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
stricken · ill · feverish · ailing · weakened · bedridden · contagious · symptomatic · hospitalized · debilitated
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion