sickening
causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
Origin of sickening
1Other words for sickening
Other words from sickening
- sick·en·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use sickening in a sentence
We take on the gamut of recent confessionals, from the sickeningly self-involved to the extremely endearing.
How Likable Is Alec Baldwin After His ‘New York Magazine’ Confessional? | Amy Zimmerman | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis heart jumped sickeningly with sudden hope, as an extravagant notion flashed into his brain.
The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. RobertsIt fell sickeningly beneath her hand, and arose again, only to fall once more.
The Incubator Baby | Ellis Parker ButlerThe remembrance of some of them rose sickeningly before her and she pushed her plate aside.
Mary Ware's Promised Land | Annie Fellows JohnstonHer own heart seemed to rise and shrug itself in her breast, then collapse sickeningly upon other organs.
Vision House | C. N. Williamson
The gears clashed sickeningly and the car was jerked into the road with a violence that should have stripped the differential.
Astounding Stories, March, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for sickening
/ (ˈsɪkənɪŋ) /
causing sickness or revulsion
informal extremely annoying
Derived forms of sickening
- sickeningly, adverb
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