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sickening

(sɪkənɪŋ)
adjective
You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach.
This was a sickening attack on a pregnant and defenceless woman.
He described the Foreign Office's decision as sickening and cynical.
Synonyms: disgusting, revolting, vile, offensive More Synonyms of sickening
sickeningly graded adverb [usually ADVERB adjective/adverb]
The interview was offensive and sickeningly irresponsible.

sickening in British English

(ˈsɪkənɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
causing sickness or revulsion
2.  informal
extremely annoying
Derived forms
sickeningly (ˈsickeningly)
adverb

sickening in American English

(ˈsɪkənɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
causing sickness or nausea
2. 
disgusting or revolting
Derived forms
sickeningly (ˈsickeningly)
adverb

Examples of 'sickening' in a sentence
sickening

It emerged last night both have admitted taking part in the sickening attack.
The Sun (2013)
This gross and sickening abuse of public money must be brought to a swift halt.
The Sun (2015)
The officer hit the ground with a sickening thud.
The Sun (2010)
Flower should be banned from the game for his sickening attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Charity chiefs fear this sickening abuse of charity is getting worse.
The Sun (2014)
But he managed just three games for his new club before his career was thrown into jeopardy by a sickening injury.
The Sun (2008)
The paramedics who took him to hospital phoned police but it was only the next day when he realised the full extent of his sickening injury.
The Sun (2015)
One parent said: 'It was absolutely sickening.
The Sun (2016)
The sickening attack on the London-based student happened on Tuesday night.
The Sun (2008)
There is a sickening thud as she's hit - and is left lying motionless in the road.
The Sun (2013)
He said: 'It was sickening.
The Sun (2013)
But I told the court of all the sickening abuse he'd put me through.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
sickening

British English: sickening /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/ ADJECTIVE
You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach.
It was a sickening attack on a defenceless person.
  • American English: sickening
  • Arabic: مُقْرِف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: repugnante
  • Chinese: 令人作呕的
  • Croatian: odvratan
  • Czech: nechutný
  • Danish: modbydelig
  • Dutch: ziekmakend
  • European Spanish: repugnante
  • Finnish: kuvottava
  • French: écœurant
  • German: ekelhaft
  • Greek: αηδιαστικός
  • Italian: disgustoso
  • Japanese: 吐き気をもよおさせる
  • Korean: 불쾌감을 주는
  • Norwegian: vemmelig
  • Polish: mdlący
  • European Portuguese: repugnante
  • Romanian: dezgustător
  • Russian: тошнотворный
  • Latin American Spanish: repugnante
  • Swedish: vämjelig
  • Thai: น่าสะอิดสะเอียน
  • Turkish: mide bulandırıcı
  • Ukrainian: нудотний
  • Vietnamese: kinh tởm

Chinese translation of 'sickening'

sickening

(ˈsɪknɪŋ)

adj

  1. 令人作呕(嘔)的 (lìng rén zuò'ǒu de)

sicken

(ˈsɪkn)

vt

  1. (= disgust) 使作呕(嘔) (shǐ zuò'ǒu)
(adjective) 
Definition
causing horror or disgust
This was a sickening attack on a defenceless creature.
Synonyms
disgusting
The curry was disgusting.
revolting
The smell in the cell was revolting.
vile
the vile smell of mouldy cheese
offensive
the offensive smell of manure
foul
foul, polluted water
distasteful
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
repulsive
repulsive, fat, white slugs
nauseating
The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable.
loathsome
the loathsome spectacle we were obliged to witness
nauseous
The floor was deep with bat dung giving off a nauseous smell.
gut-wrenching
putrid
stomach-turning (informal)
cringe-making (British, informal)
noisome
Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks
yucky or yukky (slang)
yucko (Australian, slang)
Opposites
delightful
,
pleasant
,
wholesome
,
inviting
,
wonderful
,
tempting
,
marvellous
,
beneficial
,
therapeutic
,
heartening
,
mouth-watering
,
salutary
,
curative
,
health-giving

Additional synonyms

in the sense of distasteful
Definition
unpleasant or offensive
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
Synonyms
unpleasant,
offensive,
obscene,
undesirable,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
displeasing,
repulsive,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
nauseous,
uninviting
in the sense of foul
Definition
full of dirt or offensive matter
foul, polluted water
Synonyms
dirty,
rank,
offensive,
nasty,
disgusting,
unpleasant,
revolting,
contaminated,
rotten,
polluted,
stinking,
filthy,
tainted,
grubby,
repellent,
squalid,
repulsive,
sullied,
grimy,
nauseating,
loathsome,
unclean,
impure,
grotty (slang),
fetid,
grungy (slang),
putrid,
malodorous,
noisome,
scuzzy (slang),
skanky (slang),
mephitic,
olid,
yucky or yukky (slang),
festy (Australian, slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of loathsome
Definition
causing loathing
the loathsome spectacle we were obliged to witness
Synonyms
hateful,
offensive,
nasty,
disgusting,
horrible,
revolting,
obscene,
vile,
obnoxious,
repulsive,
nauseating,
odious,
repugnant,
abhorrent,
abominable,
execrable,
detestable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)

Synonyms of 'sickening'

sickening

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of nauseating
The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable.
Synonyms
disgusting,
offensive,
appalling,
nasty,
foul,
revolting,
sickening,
ghastly,
vile,
obnoxious,
repulsive,
odious,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
stomach-churning,
stomach-turning,
repellant,
sick-making
in the sense of nauseous
Definition
sickening
The floor was deep with bat dung giving off a nauseous smell.
Synonyms
sickening,
offensive,
disgusting,
revolting,
distasteful,
repulsive,
nauseating,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
detestable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of noisome
Definition
(of smells) offensive
Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks
Synonyms
disgusting,
offensive,
foul,
stinking,
smelly,
reeking,
noxious,
fetid,
putrid,
malodorous,
mephitic,
niffy (British, slang),
olid,
festy (Australian, slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of offensive
Definition
unpleasant or disgusting to the senses
the offensive smell of manure
Synonyms
disgusting,
gross,
nasty,
foul,
unpleasant,
revolting,
stinking,
sickening,
vile,
repellent,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abominable,
grotty (slang),
detestable,
noisome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
festy (Australian, slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of repulsive
Definition
disgusting or distasteful
repulsive, fat, white slugs
Synonyms
disgusting,
offensive,
foul,
ugly,
forbidding,
unpleasant,
revolting,
obscene,
sickening,
hideous,
vile,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang),
fugly (US, Australian)
in the sense of revolting
Definition
horrible and disgusting
The smell in the cell was revolting.
Synonyms
disgusting,
shocking,
offensive,
appalling,
nasty,
foul,
horrible,
obscene,
sickening,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
repulsive,
nauseating,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
nauseous,
cringe-making (British, informal),
noisome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of vile
Definition
disgusting
the vile smell of mouldy cheese
Synonyms
disgusting,
foul,
revolting,
offensive,
nasty,
obscene,
sickening,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
repulsive,
noxious,
nauseating,
repugnant,
loathsome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
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