sickening
Americanadjective
adjective
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causing sickness or revulsion
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informal extremely annoying
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Etymology
Origin of sickening
Example Sentences
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"It was really unpleasant. Sickening to be honest," she said.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
"I think all the evidence shows that when you reduce amyloid plaque, you don't see a clinical benefit," Harvard lecturer Dr. John Abramson, whose forthcoming book "Sickening" tackles Big Pharma and corruption, told Salon.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021
Speaking of finding out he had the disease, the mom-of-one, added: "It was gut-wrenching. Sickening."
From Fox News • Oct. 31, 2018
Meanwhile, his career was going nowhere after his scenes were cut from the final version of the fictional schlockfest The Sickening, which he’d hoped might at least give him some exposure.
From Slate • May 3, 2017
Sickening shock of the sudden check almost hurled him away from the controls.
From The World with a Thousand Moons by Hamilton, Edmond
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