sickeningly
4
7.3
- adverb
- /ˈsɪkənɪŋli/
:
repulsivamente
- The chocolate cake was sickeningly sweet, making it hard to eat more than one slice.
- sickeningly sweet
- sickeningly familiar
They smell the, the, the smell, the, the sickeningly sweet smell of human future faction forensic anthropologies.
- They smell the, the, the smell, the, the sickeningly sweet smell of human future faction forensic anthropologies.
Examples
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He'd just feel vaguely, sickeningly lost, as though he'd worn out his welcome.
Fiction book (1991) -
The extreme discomfort of sinking into a sickeningly comfortable sofa.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm about as sickeningly normal as it gets.
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And yours was sickeningly sincere.
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I found it sickeningly obscene.
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Whether you're uber-polite or sickeningly sweet, it's hard to argue with someone who never gets angry.
Blog text (4) -
As the wind howled, the vessel lurched sickeningly from side to side, rapidly taking on water.
Academic text (2007) -
All at once, the air seems saturated with a mix of sickeningly sweet fragrances; breathing in, I feel confused and lightheaded.
Fiction book (2000) -
The ice cream fell from the cone and plopped sickeningly onto Sanders's none-too-clean floor.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sky-high real estate and hyperinflated stock values fell sickeningly as Japan's economic edge evaporated.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
13
4.8
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
3
7.0
In a way that makes you feel very disgusted or sick
2
6.9
In a way that shocks and disgusts people
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.7
In a way that causes strong disgust
1
7.2
In a way that causes strong disgust or dislike
1
8.6
In a way that shows strong disgust and moral disapproval
1
6.7
In a way that shows dislike or makes people feel disgusted
In a way that makes you feel sick or disgusted
In a way that makes people feel very disgusted or angry
Antonyms
How Disgusting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sickeningly starts with sick ('ill'), then adds -en ('to make') and -ly (which tells us how something is done), so it literally means 'in a way that makes you sick'. So, something done sickeningly makes you feel 'sick', that is, disgusted or very uncomfortable.