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Sickness (Noun)

Defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment".

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Her corruption had become a sickness that threatened to consume her very soul.
His pride had grown into a sickness that made him reject the advice of his closest friends.
Their extravagant lifestyle had become a sickness they could no longer afford.
His cynicism was a sickness that prevented him from believing in the good in people.
His tendency to overanalyze situations was a sickness that kept him awake at night.

The state that precedes vomiting.

Nouns denoting natural processes.

She felt a wave of sickness wash over her as the boat rocked violently on the choppy waters.
The smell of the rotten food triggered a bout of sickness that left him retching over the side of the bed.
After eating the spoiled seafood, he was overcome with a debilitating sickness that lasted for hours.
The pregnancy had left her with a constant feeling of sickness that made it difficult to keep her breakfast down.
The chemotherapy had caused a lingering sickness that made her feel queasy and weak for days after treatment.

Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.