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- Dictionarysickening/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust: "a sickening stench of blood"
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extremely unpleasant and causing you to feel shock and anger: The slaves were treated with sickening cruelty. There was a sickening thud when the child fell from the tree and hit the ground. annoying: It's sickening, the way she gets her parents to do what she wants. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable.
The meaning of SICKENING is causing sickness or disgust. How to use sickening in a sentence.
Synonyms for SICKENING: disgusting, horrible, shocking, awful, ugly, hideous, obscene, offensive; Antonyms of SICKENING: innocuous, acceptable, sweet, desirable, delightful, inoffensive, pleasant, attractive
to cause someone to feel unpleasant emotions, especially anger and shock: The violence in the film sickened me. He was sickened by/at the number of people who were hurt in the crash. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset.
You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach.
Sickening definition: causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing. See examples of SICKENING used in a sentence.
[usually before noun] making you afraid that somebody has been badly hurt or that something has been broken. Her head hit the ground with a sickening thud. The truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch. (informal) making you feel jealous or annoyed because you wish you had something that somebody else has.
Define sickening. sickening synonyms, sickening pronunciation, sickening translation, English dictionary definition of sickening. adj. 1. Revolting or disgusting; loathsome: a sickening stench. 2. Causing sickness. sick′en·ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
Definitions of sickening. adjective. causing or able to cause nausea. “a sickening stench”. synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, vile. unwholesome. detrimental to physical or moral well-being.
Definition of sickening adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
