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sickening [ˈsɪkənɪŋ] adj
1. causing sickness or revulsion 2. Informal extremely annoying sickeningly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
sickening adjective disgusting, revolting, vile, offensive, foul, distasteful, repulsive, nauseating, loathsome, nauseous, gut-wrenching, putrid, stomach-turning (informal), cringe-making (Brit. informal), noisome, yucky or yukky (slang) This was a sickening attack on a defenceless woman. delightful, pleasant, wholesome, inviting, wonderful, tempting, marvellous, beneficial, therapeutic, heartening, mouth-watering, salutary, curative, health-giving Translations sickening [ˈsɪknɪŋ] 1. (= disgusting) [sight, smell] → nauseabundo, asqueroso; [cruelty, crime] → espeluznante, repugnante; [waste] → indignante, escandaloso a sickening feeling of failure → una asqueante or insoportable sensación de fracaso a sickening feeling of panic → un sensación de pánico atenazadora 2. (= annoying) [person, behaviour, situation] → odioso, exasperante sickening [ˈsɪkənɪŋ] adj (= disgusting) → écœurant(e) sickening adj (lit) → ekelerregend; smell, sight also → widerlich; (= upsetting) → erschütternd; (= disgusting, annoying) → ekelhaft, zum Kotzen (sl); treatment → abscheulich; cruelty → widerlich; delays, price increase → unerträglich; person → ekelhaft; his sickening habit of always being right → seine unerträgliche Angewohnheit, immer recht zu haben; the most sickening thing I’ve ever seen → das Widerlichste, was ich je gesehen habe; we’re going to be late again — how sickening → wir kommen schon wieder zu spät — es ist einfach furchtbar sickening [ˈsɪknɪŋ] adj (smell, sight) → nauseante (fig) (crime, waste, behaviour) → disgustoso/a, rivoltante; (crash) → pauroso/a (fam) (annoying) → esasperante sickening [ˈsɪknɪŋ] adj (smell, sight) → nauseante (fig) (crime, waste, behaviour) → disgustoso/a, rivoltante; (crash) → pauroso/a (fam) (annoying) → esasperante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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with what a sickening sense of his unworthiness he now inserted it into the well-oiled lock and entered that citadel of the proprieties I should have no qualms about tightening the rope round the neck of some human monster, or sticking a neat dagger or bullet into a dangerous, treacherous foe, but to kill a dream is a sickening business. Better to cling to the smooth stone he kicked off his sandals of zitidar hide and with his bare feet braced himself against the sickening tilt, at the same time throwing his arms supportingly about the girl. |
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