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sickening
[ sik-uh-ning ]
adjective
- causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing:
sickening arrogance.
Synonyms: loathsome, disgusting, nauseating
sickening
/ ˈsɪkənɪŋ /
adjective
- causing sickness or revulsion
- informal.extremely annoying
Derived Forms
- ˈsickeningly, adverb
Other Words From
- sicken·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of sickening1
Example Sentences
Post-”Succession” Jeremy Strong might get a lot of flack for his method approach to roles, but his brand of severity works perfectly for the sickening depiction of Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice.”
A forum representing the hostages' families condemned the video as a "sickening display of cruelty".
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said exploitation like this was "sickening", adding that legislation would ensure victims were "properly protected and prevent these often hidden crimes from occurring in the first place".
"It wasn't funny at all, it was quite sickening really," he said.
Plastic straws were also noted sticking out of sea turtle nostrils, and sickening or killing seabirds, fish, manatees, dolphins and other marine mammals.
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