sickening
Americanadjective
adjective
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causing sickness or revulsion
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informal extremely annoying
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incident "horrific" and "sickening" in a post on X.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
By sickening contrast, Nadja Spiegelman, an editor at the Times, and Jia Tolentino, a writer for the New Yorker, giggled their way through an interview with Mr. Piker.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Alfie's prediction: It's quite sickening for Spurs fans that we poached Thomas Frank from Brentford last summer and they have gone on to have their best-ever season.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, meanwhile said he deplored "the tirade of incendiary rhetoric being used in the Middle East war by all parties", calling it "sickening".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Then—oh, the horror—a single burning eye, a sickening yellow.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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