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- [sik-uh-ning]
- /ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ/
- /ˈsɪk.ən.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sik-uh-ning]
- /ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ/
Definitions of sickening word
- adjective sickening causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance. 1
- adjective sickening nauseating 1
- adjective sickening morally repugnant 1
- adjective sickening You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach. 0
- adjective sickening causing sickness or revulsion 0
- adjective sickening extremely annoying 0
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Origin of sickening
First appearance:
before 1715 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1715-25; sicken + -ing2
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Parts of speech for Sickening
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sickening popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sickening
adj sickening
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- big mouth — If you say that someone is a big mouth or that they have a big mouth, you mean that they tell other people things that should have been kept secret.
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- cruddy — dirty or unpleasant
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
adjective sickening
- appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- execrable — Extremely bad or unpleasant.
adverb sickening
- disgustingly — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- grossly — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
Antonyms for sickening
adj sickening
- body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- delectable — If you describe something, especially food or drink, as delectable, you mean that it is very pleasant.
- delish — delicious
- mitigative — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
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