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- Dictionarysick·en·ing/ˈsikəniNG/
adjective
- 1. causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust: "a sickening stench of blood"
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The meaning of SICKENING is causing sickness or disgust. How to use sickening in a sentence.
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.
Synonyms for SICKENING: disgusting, horrible, shocking, awful, ugly, hideous, obscene, offensive; Antonyms of SICKENING: innocuous, acceptable, sweet, desirable, delightful, inoffensive, pleasant, attractive
sickening. (sɪkənɪŋ ) adjective. 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 Office's decision as sickening and cynical.
sickening. adjective. /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/ making you feel shocked or full of horror synonym nauseating (2), repulsive. She was the victim of a sickening attack. the sickening stench of burnt flesh. The thought of losing my mom was sickening. He described what had happened in sickening detail.
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. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Sickening."
sickening. [ˈsɪknɪŋ] 1. (= disgusting) [sight, smell] → nauseabundo, asqueroso; [cruelty, crime] → espeluznante, repugnante; [waste] → indignante, escandaloso. a sickening feeling of failure → una asqueante or insoportable sensación de fracaso.
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.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective sickening. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. sickening has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (early 1700s) chemistry (late 1700s)
to cause someone to feel unpleasant emotions, especially anger and shock: The violence in the movie sickened me. He was sickened by/at the number of people who were hurt in the crash.
