SICK OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sick of mean? 

• SICK OF (adjective)
  The adjective SICK OF has 1 sense:

1. having a strong distaste from surfeit

  Familiarity information: SICK OF used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SICK OF (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a strong distaste from surfeit

Synonyms:

disgusted; fed up; sick; sick of; tired of

Context example:

tired of the noise and smoke

Similar:

displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)

 Context examples 

I'm sick of the sight of this, and there's no reason you should all die of a surfeit because I've been a fool, cried Amy, wiping her eyes.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Her mind was quite sick of Mr. Elton and the Martins.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I am sick of Mr. Bingley,” cried his wife.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

My mother was quite sick of it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

We jumped at the offer, for we were already sick of these bloodthirsty doings, and we saw that there would be worse before it was done.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No," said he; "I am sick of all that rubbish!"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I am sick of the subject.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Any time you get sick of it and want to hit the road, just pull out.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I am sick of it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I tell Mr. Allen, when he talks of being sick of it, that I am sure he should not complain, for it is so very agreeable a place, that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)