Silkens vs Sickens - What's the difference?
silkens | sickens |
(silken)
Made of silk.
Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
* 1994 , , ch. 2:
Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Dressed in silk.
* Shakespeare
(sicken)
To make ill.
To become ill.
* Francis Bacon
To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
* Shakespeare
To become disgusting or tedious.
* Goldsmith
To become weak; to decay; to languish.
* Alexander Pope
As verbs the difference between silkens and sickens
is that silkens is third-person singular of silken while sickens is third-person singular of sicken.silkens
English
Verb
(head)silken
English
Adjective
(-)- a silken veil
- He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
- Silken terms precise.
- A silken wanton.
Anagrams
* English adjectives ending in -ensickens
English
Verb
(head)sicken
English
Verb
(en verb)- The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
- I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
- The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.
- His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
- Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
- The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
- All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink.