a bright red basidiomycetous fungus of either of two species of Russula, notably the poisonous R. emetica
sickener in American English
(ˈsɪkənər)
noun
something that sickens or disgusts
Word origin
[1800–10; sicken + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gong, hike, peripheral, pueblo, studio-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'sickener' in a sentence
sickener
Drawing a blank would be a sickener so ... one winner.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now the inclusion of this is a real sickener.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We've all spilt a few mixers in our time but that's a sickener.
The Sun (2011)
This time, anyway, the sickener is worse.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's an absolute sickener but you can't rush something like this.
The Sun (2013)
The sickener ends eventually, and we break for lunch.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The area is famous for being beechwood sickener and the giant polypore.