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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 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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