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Webster 1913 Edition

Sickening

Sick′en-ing

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Adj.

Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.

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Sick′en-ing-ly

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adv.

Definition 2024

sickening

sickening

English

Adjective

sickening ‎(comparative more sickening, superlative most sickening)

Causing sickness or disgust.
(LGBT slang) Amazing, fantastic.

Translations

causing sickness or disgust

Dutch: ziekmakend, misselijkmakend (nl), walgelijk (nl)
Finnish: oksettava (fi), yököttävä (fi), ällöttävä (fi)
French: à s'en rendre malade, (possibly offensive) dégoûtant (fr)
German: ekelhaft (de), widerlich (de)

Russian: тошнотво́рный (ru) ‎(tošnotvórnyj), отврати́тельный (ru) ‎(otvratítelʹnyj)

See also

Verb

sickening

present participle of sicken

Noun

sickening ‎(plural sickenings)

The act of making somebody sick.
- 2010, Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
  In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.