sickening

[sik-uh-ning]

adjective

1. causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing.

   sickening arrogance.

   Synonyms: loathsome, disgusting, nauseating

sickening

/ ˈsɪkənɪŋ /

adjective

1. causing sickness or revulsion

2. informal,  extremely annoying

Other Word Forms

• sickeningly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sickening¹

First recorded in 1715–25; sicken + -ing ²

Example Sentences

“Looking back at that is sickening,” he says, adding that he has apologized where he could.

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Reporters view this as a service, keeping recorded facts separate from sickening mythology.

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Simon Jones was carried off on a stretcher after a sickening knee injury and other plans fell at the first hurdle.

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Policing Minister Sarah Jones told the BBC that the government would not tolerate these "sickening comments" and urged people to report them.

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“For somebody just to lie about it was just sickening.”

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Related Words

• nasty 
• putrid