sickening

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sick·en·ing

(sĭk′ə-nĭng)

adj.

1. Revolting or disgusting; loathsome: a sickening stench.

2. Causing sickness.

sick′en·ing·ly adv.

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sickening

(ˈsɪkənɪŋ)

adj

1. causing sickness or revulsion

2. informal extremely annoying

ˈsickeningly adv

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sick•en•ing

(ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ)

adj.

causing sickness or loathing: sickening arrogance.

[1715–25]

sick′en•ing•ly, adv.

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Adj.

sickening - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, vile, offensive

unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

sickening

adjective disgusting, revolting, vile, offensive, foul, distasteful, repulsive, nauseating, loathsome, nauseous, gut-wrenching, putrid, stomach-turning (informal), cringe-making (Brit. informal), noisome, yucky or yukky (slang) This was a sickening attack on a defenceless woman.
delightful, pleasant, wholesome, inviting, wonderful, tempting, marvellous, beneficial, therapeutic, heartening, mouth-watering, salutary, curative, health-giving

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sickening

adjective

Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings:

atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unwholesome, vile.

Translations

مُثير للإشْمِئْزاز، مُغْثٍ، مُقْرِفمُقْرِف

nechutnýohavný

modbydelig

ekelhaft Übelkeit erregend

αηδιαστικός

repugnante

kuvottava

écœurant

odvratan

viîbjóîslegur

che fa star male disgustoso

吐き気をもよおさせる

불쾌감을 주는

ziekmakend

til å bli kvalm av vemmelig

mdlący

repugnante

тошнотворный

vämjelig

น่าสะอิดสะเอียน

mide bulandırıcıtiksindirici

kinh tởm

令人作呕的令人厌恶的

sickening

[ˈsɪknɪŋ]

1. (= disgusting) [sight, smell] → nauseabundo, asqueroso; [cruelty, crime] → espeluznante, repugnante; [waste] → indignante, escandaloso
a sickening feeling of failure → una asqueante or insoportable sensación de fracaso
a sickening feeling of panic → un sensación de pánico atenazadora

2. (= annoying) [person, behaviour, situation] → odioso, exasperante

3. (= unpleasant) [blow, crunch] → tremendo
with a sickening thud → con un golpetazo tremendo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sickening

[ˈsɪk^ənɪŋ] adj (= disgusting) → écœurant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sickening

adj (lit) → ekelerregend; smell, sight also → widerlich; (= upsetting) → erschütternd; (= disgusting, annoying) → ekelhaft, zum Kotzen (sl); treatment → abscheulich; cruelty → widerlich; delays, price increase → unerträglich; person → ekelhaft; his sickening habit of always being right → seine unerträgliche Angewohnheit, immer recht zu haben; the most sickening thing I’ve ever seen → das Widerlichste, was ich je gesehen habe; we’re going to be late again — how sickening → wir kommen schon wieder zu spät — es ist einfach furchtbar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sickening

[ˈsɪknɪŋ] adj (smell, sight) → nauseante (fig) (crime, waste, behaviour) → disgustoso/a, rivoltante; (crash) → pauroso/a (fam) (annoying) → esasperante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sick

(sik) adjective

1. vomiting or inclined to vomit. He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.

2. (especially American) ill. He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.

3. very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of). I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!

4. affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings. I was really sick at making that bad mistake.

5. in bad taste. a sick joke.

noun

vomit. The bedclothes were covered with sick.

ˈsicken verb

1. to become sick.

2. to disgust. The very thought sickens me.

ˈsickening adjective

causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying. There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!

ˈsickeningly adverb

ˈsickly adjective

1. tending to be often ill. a sickly child.

2. suggesting sickness; pale; feeble. She looks sickly.

ˈsickness noun

the state of being sick or ill. There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.

ˈsick-leave noun

time taken off from work etc because of sickness. He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.

make (someone) sick

to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc. It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.

the sick

ill people. He visits the sick.

worried sick

very worried. I'm worried sick about it.

sickening

→ مُقْرِف nechutný modbydelig ekelhaft αηδιαστικός repugnante kuvottava écœurant odvratan disgustoso 吐き気をもよおさせる 불쾌감을 주는 ziekmakend vemmelig mdlący repugnante тошнотворный vämjelig น่าสะอิดสะเอียน mide bulandırıcı kinh tởm 令人作呕的

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with what a sickening sense of his unworthiness he now inserted it into the well-oiled lock and entered that citadel of the proprieties!

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It is sickening that vulgar, middle-class virtue should pay."

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The jibs behind me cracked aloud, the rudder slammed to, the whole ship gave a sickening heave and shudder, and at the same moment the main-boom swung inboard, the sheet groaning in the blocks, and showed me the lee after-deck.

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There was a darkness; then a dizzy, sickening sensation of sight that was not like seeing; I saw a Line that was no Line; Space that was not Space: I was myself, and not myself.

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Presently a great hole was torn in the hull of one of the immense battle craft from the Zodangan camp; with a lurch she turned completely over, the little figures of her crew plunging, turning and twisting toward the ground a thousand feet below; then with sickening velocity she tore after them, almost completely burying herself in the soft loam of the ancient sea bottom.