Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Diseasing.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]
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His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
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2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
the participle diseased.
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He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diseased \Dis*eased"\, a.
Afflicted with disease.
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It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.
--W. Irving.
Syn: See Morbid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
diseased
adj : caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;
"diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic
tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: morbid,
pathologic, pathological]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "diseased":
abed, abnormal, afflicted, ailing, bad, cankered, contaminated,
gangrened, gangrenous, ill, infected, infirm, morbid, mortified,
out of sorts, pathological, peccant, poisoned, septic, sick,
sphacelated, tainted, ulcerated, ulcerous, unhealthy, unsound,
unwell, unwholesome
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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