sickening
/'sikniɳ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing or able to cause nausea or disgust: "Sickening" describes something that makes you feel sick to your stomach or causes a strong feeling of revulsion.
- Extremely unpleasant, annoying, or offensive: It can also describe something that is deeply disturbing or morally repugnant.
Usage
The word "sickening" is used to express a strong negative reaction, often physical disgust or profound moral outrage. It is commonly used before a noun or after a linking verb like "is" or "was."
Examples
- Adjective:
- The sickening smell from the garbage made me cover my nose.
- It was a sickening sight to see the injured animals.
- The level of corruption in the government is absolutely sickening.
- I find his constant bragging to be sickening.
Advanced Usage
- "to be sickening": to be extremely unpleasant or disgusting.
- The violence in the movie was sickening to watch.
- "to find something sickening": to consider something deeply offensive or nauseating.
- Many people find his racist comments sickening.
Variants and Related Words
- Sicken (verb): To cause to feel disgust or nausea.
- The graphic images sicken me.
- Sickeningly (adverb): In a way that causes disgust or is excessively so.
- The dessert was sickeningly sweet.
Synonyms
- Nauseating: Causing nausea.
- Disgusting: Arousing revulsion.
- Revolting: Causing intense disgust.
- Repulsive: Arousing intense distaste.
Idioms and Phrases
- "A sickening feeling": A physical sensation of nausea or a deep sense of dread.
- She had a sickening feeling that something terrible had happened.
- "Sickening thud/crunch": Used to describe a sound associated with a violent impact that evokes a visceral, nauseating reaction.
- We heard the sickening crunch of metal during the car crash.
Adjective
- causing or able to cause nausea
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench