to become ill

literary The child sickened and died. 那孩子生病死了。

UK "You look feverish. Are you sickening for (= about to become ill with) something?" “你好像在发烧。你生什么病了吗？”

to cause someone to feel unpleasant emotions, especially anger and shock

The violence in the film sickened me. 电影中的暴力让我十分反感。

He was sickened by/at the number of people who were hurt in the crash. 飞机失事中的受伤人数之多令他感到震惊。