sickenern.
/ˈsɪkn̩ə/, /ˈsɪk(ə)nə/, U.S. /ˈsɪk(ə)nər/ a. Something which nauseates or disgusts; an overdose or excess of anything; a sickening experience.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount
overchargea1325
outrakea1400
surcharge1603
superflux1608
overquantitya1626
overflux1633
gluta1652
overdose1700
excresce1707
overseta1715
embarras de richesse1750
sickener1809
embarras de choix1825
richesse1875
basinful1935
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > something which disgusts
slime1585
ipecacuanhaa1763
nastiness1831
sickener1853
disgustant1866
muck1882
pig's breakfast1933
ick1947
yuck1966
merde1968
scuzz1968
turn-off1975
put-off1977
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 287 A fricassee, and..soup,..greasy with mutton fat, were enough to have given a sickener to the inveterate stomachs of a regiment.
1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xvi. 306 This was indeed a sickener to a careful biographer.
1882 G. MacDonald Weighed & Wanting II. v. 51 A vision of the kind of creature he was capable of loving..would have been—to use a low but expressive phrase—a sickener to her.
b. Used of a shot or blow.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > sickening
sickener1834
1834 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 54 I gave him such a sickener with the first barrel that I made him haul his wind.
1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xvi. 185 Kit fetched his man an ugly stroke on the round of the waist behind.., a sickener of a stroke, if dealt soundly.
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