sicker

¹

[ sik-er ]

adjective

1. comparative of sick ¹.

sicker

²

or sik·er

[ sik-er ]

adjective

1. safe from danger; secure.
2. dependable; trustworthy.

adverb

1. certainly; without doubt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sicker¹

before 900; Middle English siker, Old English sicor; cognate with Dutch zeker, German sicher, all ≪ Latin sēcūrus; secure

Example Sentences

Unable to remove the dying fetus, due to Texas law, doctors stood by helplessly while Barnica got sicker from infection over days and finally died.

From Salon

It’s much sicker than other similar countries, and the situation is getting worse, snowballing into a health, social, medical, economic, and potential budgetary crisis.

From BBC

I couldn’t understand the willingness of so many working- and middle-class people to elect politicians whose policies rendered their lives poorer, less free, sicker and shorter.

From Salon

Kendall said she believed British society had become “sicker” and the UK was “the only G7 country whose employment rate has not gone back to pre-pandemic levels”.

From BBC

The claim is that the sicker cohort can be protected separately.

From Los Angeles Times