sickening
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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sicken (ˈsɪkən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by for) | |
| 1. | to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted |
| 2. | to show symptoms (of an illness) |
| sickening (ˈsɪkənɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | causing sickness or revulsion |
| 2. | informal extremely annoying |
| 'sickeningly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
sicken
c.1200, "to become sick," originally the verb was simply sick (c.1150), from sick (adj.). Transf. sense of "to make sick" is recorded from 1694.
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Example sentences
It is sickening that academics would praise this behavior.
The food is rich and plentiful, and cooked with the primary goal of not sickening anyone.
The walls were soaking wet, and the smell was sickening.
It is so sickening to hear right wing fanatics talking about liberty as though they themselves got by with no help from anyone.
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