sickening
sick‧en‧ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/
adjective
SYN disgusting:
Police described it as a sickening racial attack.
their sickening hypocrisy
it is sickening that
It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women.
2. sickening thud/crash/sound etc an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken:
His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.
There was a sickening sound of tearing metal.
3. very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit:
The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.
4. British English spoken making you feel jealous:
‘Helen’s just bought herself a huge house in the South of France.’ ‘God, how sickening!’
—sickeningly adverb
sick‧en‧ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/
adjective Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
1. very shocking, annoying, or upsetting SYN disgusting:
it is sickening that
2. sickening thud/crash/sound etc an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken:
3. very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit:
4. British English spoken making you feel jealous:
—sickeningly adverb