English-Italian translations for sickness

• malattia
  Abbiamo paura della vecchiaia, della malattia e della morte. We are scared of old age, sickness and death.
  Cercare di conservare la propria identità non è una malattia. Wanting to preserve one's identity is not a sickness.
  Naturalmente sono la previdenza sociale e l'assistenza malattia. Naturally it means social security and sickness benefit.

Definition of sickness

• The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness
• Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach

Examples

• I do lament the sickness of the king. -William Shakespeare
• Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. -Alexander Pope
• Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life. -Jane Austen.A letter dated 23-mar-1816--

Related words

• seasickness
• homesickness
• airsickness
• home-sickness
• carsickness
• sea-sickness
• trainsickness
• lovesickness
• gallsickness