What word means to pretend to be sick?
Then you know a malingerer. The verb malinger comes from the French word malingre, meaning “sickly,” and one who malingers feigns illness. Later, psychologists began using malingering as a clinical term to describe the feigning of illness in avoidance of a duty or for personal gain.
What does it mean to have ill humor?
: a disagreeable mood marked by surliness and irritability : crossness was in an ill humor and sulked.
What is the slang word for sick?
Some synonyms for sick include ailing, ill, impaired, and nauseated. However, awesome, impressive, and incredible can also be used as synonyms for the slang meaning.
What is another word for sick person?
What is another word for sick person?
| patient | case |
|---|---|
| invalid | sufferer |
| convalescent | outpatient |
| victim | inpatient |
| sick | valetudinarian |
What is a Sherker?
noun. a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.
What is the querulous?
querulous \KWAIR-yuh-lus\ adjective. 1 : habitually complaining. 2 : fretful, whining.
What is meaning of dyspeptic?
Dyspepsia: Indigestion. A condition characterized by upper abdominal symptoms that may include pain or discomfort, bloating, feeling of fullness with very little intake of food , feeling of unusual fullness following meals, nausea, loss of appetite, heartburn, regurgitation of food or acid, and belching.
How do you use slang for sick?
sick – In the world of slang, “sick” is actually cool or good, which is the opposite of its conventional meaning. (This neighborhood is sick! There are so many great clubs out here.)
How do you describe sickness in writing?
Standard’d be: Queasy, nauseous, um, stomach churning/turning, gag inducing, about to wretch… Oooh good stuff here. Thanks for the ideas.
What are some adjectives for sickness?
ill,