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SICK OF
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a strong distaste from surfeit
Example:
tired of the noise and smoke
Synonyms:
disgusted; fed up; sick; sick of; tired of
Classified under:
Similar:
displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)
Context examples:
Sick of ambitious and mercenary connexions, prizing more and more the sterling good of principle and temper, and chiefly anxious to bind by the strongest securities all that remained to him of domestic felicity, he had pondered with genuine satisfaction on the more than possibility of the two young friends finding their natural consolation in each other for all that had occurred of disappointment to either; and the joyful consent which met Edmund's application, the high sense of having realised a great acquisition in the promise of Fanny for a daughter, formed just such a contrast with his early opinion on the subject when the poor little girl's coming had been first agitated, as time is for ever producing between the plans and decisions of mortals, for their own instruction, and their neighbours' entertainment.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
'Four,' says he; 'four, and one of us wounded. As for that boy, I don't know where he is, confound him,' says he, 'nor I don't much care. We're about sick of him.' These was his words.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
We had a very prosperous gale, till we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, where we landed for fresh water; but discovering a leak, we unshipped our goods and wintered there; for the captain falling sick of an ague, we could not leave the Cape till the end of March.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
One is sick of the very name of Jane Fairfax.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I am sick of them all.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"Don't use such dreadful expressions," replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"Oh, I am so sick of the young men of the present day!" exclaimed she, rattling away at the instrument.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The theatre or the rooms, where he was most likely to be, were not fashionable enough for the Elliots, whose evening amusements were solely in the elegant stupidity of private parties, in which they were getting more and more engaged; and Anne, wearied of such a state of stagnation, sick of knowing nothing, and fancying herself stronger because her strength was not tried, was quite impatient for the concert evening.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I am too miserable, too low-spirited, too sick of the world and all in it, including life itself, that I would not care if I heard this moment the flapping of the wings of the angel of death.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Do you know, I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother and I were agreeing this morning that, though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks, we would not live here for millions.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
