[
UK
/sˈɪkənɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
causing or able to cause nausea
nauseous offal
a nauseating smell
a sickening stench
How To Use sickening In A Sentence
- One of his idiosyncrasies was a faith in coffee as a panacea; and I heard that while sickening he deluged himself with that beverage, to what profit let physicians say. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
- There was a sickening lurch; immediate survival seemed more crucial than a putative riot.
- There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe.
- Taboula, a parsley, tomato, onion and burghul - or cracked wheat - salad was drenched in the most sickening oil.
- He hit the floor with a sickening thud.
- The sickening stench of blood hit him like a tidal wave.
- The air was pervaded by a sickening sweet smell of burnt meat and charred wood.
- One parent said: 'It was absolutely sickening. The Sun
- When a family loses someone close, all they have is the grave, it's their only comfort and it's a sickening thought that people out there are ruining graves.
- This weekend in sickening episode of political cynicism Livingstone cheerleaders dragged out the corpse of Stephen Lawrence onto the stage courtesy of his duped mother. Black Issues or White Guilt