HyperDic: sickening

English > 1 sense of the word *sickening*:
ADJECTIVE	all	sickening, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, vile	causing or able to cause nausea

sickening > pronunciation
Sounds	sih'kahnihng; sih'knihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *sickening*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Causing or able to cause nausea.
Example	"a sickening stench"
Synonyms	nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, vile
Broader	unwholesome	detrimental to physical or moral well-being
Spanish	asqueroso, horrible, nauseabundo, nauseoso, nocivo, ofensivo
Catalan	fastigós, horrible, nauseabund, vomitiu
Nouns	sickeningness	extreme / extreme unpalatability to the mouth
Adverbs	sickeningly	in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree