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sick as a dog
adjective as in ailing
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adjective as in green around the gills
adjective as in ill
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adjective as in laid-up
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- ailing
- bedridden
- broken down
- confined
- debilitated
- declining
- defective
- delicate
- diseased
- disordered
- down
- feeble
- feverish
- frail
- funny
- green
- hospitalized
- ill
- impaired
- imperfect
- in a bad way
- in poor health
- incurable
- indisposed
- infected
- infirm
- invalid
- lousy
- mean
- nauseated
- not so hot
- peaked
- poorly
- qualmish
- queasy
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- run down
- suffering
- tottering
- under medication
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- unwell
- weak
- wobbly
adjective as in queasy
adjective as in sick
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Example Sentences
She notes, "For me, if I have the absolute worst day or I'm sick as a dog — as the expression goes — the thing that makes me feel best is to go home and literally climb into bed under a blanket with my dog."
Some people might still think they’ll be seen as a hero for working despite being “sick as a dog,” thinking it’ll show “how tough I am,” Tuckson said.
“You have your child who is sick as a dog, you have no hope, you find CBD hemp, non-impairing, non-intoxicating,” Goldstein said.
Sitting in a car outside her old post office, she says: "I could have been still there now, still working, instead of being in this state all the time, and I just feel sick as a dog, stomach's going, and terrified because I see many of my own customers, you know."
“You can’t sit home,” he said in Indianola, adding jokingly, “If you’re sick as a dog … even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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