sickening[adjective]Synonyms: disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathsome, nauseating, offensive, repulsive, revolting, stomach-turning
(informal), yucky
or yukky
(slang) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
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
Synonym : disgusting:
Police described it as a sickening racial attack. their sickening hypocrisyit 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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲