sickening

[sik-uh-ning]

adjective

1. causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing.

   sickening arrogance.

   Synonyms: loathsome, disgusting, nauseating

sickening

/ ˈsɪkənɪŋ /

adjective

1. causing sickness or revulsion

2. informal,  extremely annoying

Other Word Forms

• sickeningly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sickening¹

First recorded in 1715–25; sicken + -ing ²

Example Sentences

“It’s sickening,” he said while repairing the fence.

From Los Angeles Times

Another posted: "I know some posts I seen on TikTok talking about how this character would die is sickening, its just a show."

From BBC

“Just another sickening display of LA $$$$. No real parking,” one Ojai resident complained on Facebook.

From Los Angeles Times

For what it’s worth, the film boasts a wallop of a final line, which hits at the sickening reality of what it’s like to be both a child and a parent in America today.

From Salon

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening" and they must be released "unconditionally".

From BBC

Related Words

• nasty 
• putrid