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sickening
[ sik-uh-ning ]
adjective
- causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing:
sickening arrogance.
Synonyms: , ,
sickening
/ ˈɪəɪŋ /
adjective
- causing sickness or revulsion
- informal.extremely annoying
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- IJ·Բ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sickening1
Example Sentences
The deportation campaign of undocumented immigrants is about what I expected, although the sickening spectacle they are making of it is even more grotesque than I thought it would be.
Phillipson previously called political attempts to halt the bill "utterly sickening", telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme the children's bill was "the single biggest piece of children safeguarding legislation in a generation".
Post-”Succession” Jeremy Strong might get a lot of flack for his method approach to roles, but his brand of severity works perfectly for the sickening depiction of Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice.”
A forum representing the hostages' families condemned the video as a "sickening display of cruelty".
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said exploitation like this was "sickening", adding that legislation would ensure victims were "properly protected and prevent these often hidden crimes from occurring in the first place".
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