sicker

Further from healthy

Sicker is the comparative form of sick—more ill than before or than someone else: She's sicker today than yesterday, He's even sicker than his brother.

In slang where sick means impressive or cool, sicker follows suit: That trick was sick, but this one's even sicker.

illness

fever

Elevated body temperature

bronchitis · pneumonia · flu · cold · bedridden · unwell · ailing · poorly · malady · disease

symptoms

nauseous

Feeling urge to vomit

fatigued · weak · pale · clammy · shivering · aching · vomiting · sweating · delirious · lethargic

deteriorating

worsening

Becoming more severe

failing · sinking · relapsing · regressing · decompensating · going downhill · getting worse · deteriorating · progressing · advancing

appearance

pale

Lacking color intensity

  • ashenPale, grayish-white
  • wanPale and unwell-looking
  • pallidUnhealthily lacking color

gaunt · haggard · drawn · sallow · peaked · ghostly · washed-out · greenish · jaundiced · sunken

slang

awesome

Extremely impressive or overwhelming

  • coolCalm or fashionable
  • amazingCausing great wonder
  • dopeSlang triple-threat term

rad · nasty · filthy · insane · crazy · wicked · gnarly · fire · lit · killer

Opposites
health trajectory

sickerbetter

Of higher quality

recovering · improving · healing · recuperating · on the mend

current health state

sickerhealthier

More free from illness

fitter · stronger · recovered · heartier · well

Phrases
Family

sick, sickness, sickly, sickening, sicken, sickened, homesickness, seasickness, carsickness

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G