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adjective
Date: 1789
causing sickness or disgust <a sickening odor> <a sickening display> • sickeningly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sickening
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Sickening — Sick en*ing, a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. {Sick en*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sickening — index heinous, loathsome, objectionable, odious, offensive (offending), repulsive, unsavory Burto … Law dictionary
sickening — (adj.) causing revulsion, 1789, from prp. of SICKEN (Cf. sicken). Related: Sickeningly … Etymology dictionary
sickening — [adj] disgusting, awful diseased, distasteful, foul, gross*, icky*, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, putrid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, stinking, stomach turning, tainted; concepts 529,571 Ant. delightful … New thesaurus
sickening — [sik′əniŋ] adj. 1. causing sickness or nausea 2. disgusting or revolting sickeningly adv … English World dictionary
sickening — sick|en|ing [ˈsıkənıŋ, ˈsıknıŋ] adj 1.) very shocking, annoying, or upsetting = ↑disgusting ▪ Police described it as a sickening racial attack. ▪ their sickening hypocrisy it is sickening that ▪ It is sickening that human beings have done this to … Dictionary of contemporary English
sickening — adjective 1 very shocking, annoying, or upsetting; disgusting: Local police said it was one of the most sickening attacks they had come across. | their sickening hypocrisy 2 a sickening thud/crash an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sickening — adj. sickening to + inf. (it was sickening to watch them bicker constantly) * * * [ sɪkənɪŋ] sickening to + inf. (it was sickening to watch them bicker constantly) … Combinatory dictionary
sickening — UK [ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ] / US [ˈsɪkənɪŋ] adjective 1) a) something sickening is so unpleasant that it shocks or upsets you scenes of sickening violence b) used about something that makes you feel so nervous that you feel slightly ill For a sickening… … English dictionary
sickening — sick|en|ing [ sıkənıŋ ] adjective something sickening is so unpleasant that it shocks or upsets you: scenes of sickening violence a. used about something that makes you feel so nervous that you feel slightly sick: For a sickening moment, his hand … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sickening — [[t]sɪ̱kənɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach. This was a sickening attack on a pregnant and defenceless woman... He described the Foreign… … English dictionary
