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sickening

 
Dictionary: sick·en·ing   (sĭk'ə-nĭng) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Revolting or disgusting; loathsome: a sickening stench.
  2. Causing sickness.
sickeningly sick'en·ing·ly adv.
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Thesaurus: sickening
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adjective

    Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See like/dislike, pain/pleasure.

 
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adj

Definition: disgusting, awful
Antonyms: delightful, mild, nice, pleasing, wholesome


 
WordNet: sickening
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: causing or able to cause nausea
  Synonyms: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, vile


 
Translations: Sickening
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - syg, usmagelig, modbydelig, ækel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ziekmakend

Français (French)
adj. - dégoûtant, éc¯urant, nauséabond, insupportable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ekelerregend, widerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αηδιαστικός, (καθομ.) ενοχλητικότατος

Italiano (Italian)
disgustoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - que causa náuseas, chocante, revoltante

Русский (Russian)
отвратительный, тошнотворный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nauseabundo, repugnante, deprimente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vämjelig, vedervärdig, beklämmande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使人恶心的, 患病的, 使人生病的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使人噁心的, 患病的, 使人生病的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 구역질 나게 하는, 신물 나는, 병들게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 病気にさせる, 吐き気を催させる, うんざりする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممرض أو مقزز للنفس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מגעיל, קבסתני‬


 
 
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