What does sickening mean?

Definitions for sickening
ˈsɪk ə nɪŋsick·en·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vileadjective

    causing or able to cause nausea

    "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

Wiktionary

  1. sickeningadjective

    Causing sickness or disgust.

ChatGPT

  1. sickening

    Sickening is defined as causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea, disgust, or revulsion. It can also mean appalling or extreme to the point of causing a strong sense of disgust, distressing, or shocking. It can often be used to describe a situation, act, smell, taste, or sight that is intensely unpleasant or disagreeable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sickening

    of Sicken

  2. Sickeningadjective

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

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sickening in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sickening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sickening in a Sentence

  1. Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd:

    Last year, we did not have to wait long as stocks fell into a sickening plunge in February, the amber lights flashing in Davos are signaling the consensus view that global growth is slowing. Given past experience, this may be the signal that the economy is likely to re-accelerate soon and that the party in risk assets continues.

  2. Aneelah Afzali:

    I had difficulty breathing, and a sickening feeling grew in my belly -- about those killed, about what this would mean for our country and the world.

  3. Rich Fury/Getty Images:

    I was blindsided, john was basically leading a double life throughout our whole marriage. When I learned about the affair, I also learned he’s diverting narcotics. I helped him become a nurse [after changing professions], a very sacred profession. It was just sickening to me. Here I was, trying to help him gain this prestigious degree and title. And this is what he was doing with it.

  4. Hussam Ayloush:

    The Muslim community stands shoulder to shoulder with our fellow Americans in repudiating any twisted mindset that would claim to justify such sickening acts of violence.

  5. Tyrone Corbin:

    Sickening. First, of all( Cannady) is a good guy who has worked his tail off to get better, it’s just sickening to see him go down like that. We’re praying for him.

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