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

The cancer - affecting both the bone marrow and blood - is rare, sickening four in 100,000 adults each year.

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It was not the sickening sway of the rising balloon that had sent her to the floor of the basket with her knees clutched to her chest.

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Scotland driving at Greece's heart in a bid to sicken them again after sickening them at Hampden earlier in the group.

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Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun condemned the remarks on Thursday, calling it "sickening that nowadays someone would still dare to defend or justify the dictator".

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

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Related Words

• nasty 
• putrid