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sick⋅en⋅ing
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ə
nɪŋ
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–adjective
causing or capable of causing sickness, esp. nausea, disgust, or loathing:
sickening arrogance.
Origin:
1715–25;
sicken
+
-ing
2
Related forms:
sick⋅en⋅ing⋅ly,
adverb
Synonyms:
nauseating, disgusting, loathsome.
sick⋅en
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ən
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become sick.
Origin:
1150–1200;
ME
seknen, sicnen;
c. ON
sjūkna.
See
sick
1
,
-en
1
Synonyms:
repulse, revolt, disgust, upset.
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sick·en
(sĭk'ən)
v.
sick·ened
,
sick·en·ing
,
sick·ens
tr. & intr.v. To make or become sick. See Synonyms at
disgust
.
sick'en·er
n.
sick·en·ing
(sĭk'ə-nĭng)
adj.
Revolting or disgusting; loathsome:
a sickening stench.
Causing sickness.
sick'en·ing·ly
adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
sicken
(v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
sick·en
Pronunciation:
'sik-&n
Function:
transitive verb
:
to make sick
sicken
intransitive senses
:
tobecome sick
Main Entry:
sick·en·ing
Pronunciation:
'sik-(&-)ni[ng]
Function:
adjective
:
causing sickness or nausea
sickening odor>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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