sickening
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/
:
repugnante
- The sickening smell of rotten eggs made everyone feel nauseous.
I just want to state that not only is this a sickening tweet, it is in no way true.
- I just want to state that not only is this a sickening tweet, it is in no way true.
- If she did, I will say that was sickening.
- I'd seen his photograph but his image was sickening.
- If you saw how much waste is in a restaurant, it's it's sickening.
- But now switching gears to something more on the sweet side, but nothing sickening.
- And it was just absolutely sickening.
- That retirement, the way I felt the last two years and and how it all ended up was sickening to me.
- I, you know, it just seemed so sickening to a sensationalize this stuff with kids and use it for ratings.
- This morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms and to break those bonds of citizenship that define our United Kingdom.
Examples
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As the teacher explained the right answer, a sickening feeling of irredeemable humiliation sank into me.
Fiction book (1990) -
This morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms and to break those bonds of citizenship that define our United Kingdom.
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I felt my own heart drop to my feet in a kind of long, sickening fall.
Fiction book (1997) -
To identify the body of someone you know is a sickening experience.
Fiction book (1994) -
That retirement, the way I felt the last two years and and how it all ended up was sickening to me.
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I felt in that moment a sickening knowledge that I really would someday die.
Fiction book (1993) -
Every Shark fan has a sickening feeling in his stomach.
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That was the most sickening display I've ever seen.
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When he thought of the civilized people inside that home, his stomach twisted in a sickening knot.
Fiction book (1994) -
Suddenly, visions of last year's Apache raid flashed through her mind, leaving a sickening feeling in her stomach.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
87
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
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5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
30
4.1
Feeling sick and likely to throw up
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4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
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7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
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5.1
Making people feel sick or want to throw up
6
4.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make you feel disgusted
3
4.4
A smell or taste that makes you feel sick
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9.9
A very strong, unpleasant smell that can make you ill
1
8.7
Very disgusting and likely to make someone want to throw up
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Antonyms
How Disgusting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sickening comes from the simple word sick, which means 'ill', plus the parts -en and -ing that turn it into 'making' or 'causing'. So something sickening is literally 'making you ill' or 'making you feel very disgusted', which explains its modern meaning.