sickening

  • 11sickening — [[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… …

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  • 12sickening — adjective Date: 1789 causing sickness or disgust < a sickening odor > < a sickening display > • sickeningly adverb …

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  • 13Sickening — Sicken Sick en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sickened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sickening}.] 1. To make sick; to disease. [1913 Webster] Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to&#8230; …

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  • 14sickening — sickeningly, adv. /sik euh ning/, adj. causing or capable of causing sickness, esp. nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance. [1715 25; SICKEN + ING2] Syn. nauseating, disgusting, loathsome. * * * …

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  • 15sickening — adj. Sickening is used with these nouns: ↑crack, ↑crash, ↑feeling, ↑jolt, ↑lurch, ↑sound, ↑stench, ↑thud …

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  • 16sickening — adjective ooh, that smell is sickening Syn: nauseating, stomach turning, stomach churning, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, repellent, repugnant, appalling, obnoxious, nauseous, vile, nasty, foul, loathsome, offensive, objectionable, off putting …

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  • 17sickening — sick•en•ing [[t]ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ[/t]] adj. causing sickness or loathing: sickening arrogance[/ex] • Etymology: 1715–25 sick′en•ing•ly, adv …

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  • 18sickening — /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/ (say sikuhning) adjective making sick; causing nausea, disgust, or loathing: a sickening display of bad temper. –sickeningly, adverb …

  • 19sickening — adjective causing or able to cause nausea a nauseating smell nauseous offal a sickening stench • Syn: ↑nauseating, ↑nauseous, ↑noisome, ↑queasy, ↑loathsome, ↑ …

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  • 20Sickening Bliss — Sickening Bliss …

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