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sickening

[ sik-uh-ning ]

adjective

  1. causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing:

    sickening arrogance.

    Synonyms: loathsome, disgusting, nauseating



sickening

/ ˈsɪkənɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing sickness or revulsion
  2. informal.
    extremely annoying


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsickeningly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • sicken·ing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sickening1

First recorded in 1715–25; sicken + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Hot orange flames leap into the sky bringing with them the sickening, inescapable stench of death.

Lack of elaboration is a virus that continually infects the book, sometimes having a sickening effect on the reader.

His giddy glee turns sickening when you consider the coldhearted inhumanity that necessarily lies beneath.

By then he was blue in the face, a sickening color, like an old hematoma.

They absolutely must boycott this absurd, insane, sickening, repulsive, shameful, and at the same time shame-less circus.

With sickening repugnance, I seized the Thing by its two broad shoulders and rolled it over.

The station building gave sickening creaks; then it toppled with a crash.

It is not only annoying, but absolutely sickening to some, and a truly lady-like person will avoid all such topics.

Aristide composed his face into an expression of parental interest; but within him there was shivering and sickening upheaval.

It was like an old pain returning at an unexpected moment to chill a man with the sickening reminder that all joy must end.

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