HyperDic: sickening

English > 1 sense of the word sickening:
ADJECTIVEallsickening, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, vilecausing or able to cause nausea
sickening > pronunciation
Soundssih'kahnihng; sih'knihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > sickening: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningCausing or able to cause nausea.
Example "a sickening stench"
Synonymsnauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, vile
Broaderunwholesomedetrimental to physical or moral well-being
Spanishasqueroso, horrible, nauseabundo, nauseoso, nocivo, ofensivo
Catalanfastigós, horrible, nauseabund, vomitiu
Nounssickeningnessextreme / extreme unpalatability to the mouth
Adverbssickeninglyin a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree

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