Based on this excerpt from Ernest Heminway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the phrase "feeling sick"?

"I am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "I would not be rude. My wife has just died. You must forgive me."
"Oh—" I said, feeling sick for him. "I am so sorry.

to feel intense emotion that makes one feel unwell or nauseous
to experience pining or longing for someone or something
to be extremely annoyed or bored with someone or something
to react negatively to a joke about an unpleasant or offensive subject

Question

Based on this excerpt from Ernest Heminway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the phrase "feeling sick"?

"I am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "I would not be rude. My wife has just died. You must forgive me."
"Oh—" I said, feeling sick for him. "I am so sorry.



to feel intense emotion that makes one feel unwell or nauseous
to experience pining or longing for someone or something
to be extremely annoyed or bored with someone or something
to react negatively to a joke about an unpleasant or offensive subject

neycuurose1 · Answer

Your answer would be "to feel intense emotion that makes one feel unwell or nauseous". Imagine someone dying, or getting bullied-- Etc Etc. Something that happened so bad to this person, that you begin to feel very emotional for this person-- and then you begin to feel sick.

neycuurose1 · Answer

Sometimes emotional pity can get that far. Or it could be a figure of speech for strong emotion and feeling of sadness.