sickening

[US]/'sɪkənɪŋ/

[UK]/'sɪkənɪŋ/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. causing a feeling of disgust or revulsion; unpleasant.

a sickening stench of blood.

It’s sickening to see such cruelty.

I hope I'm not sickening for a cold.

she hit the ground with a sickening thud.

There was an iciness , a sinking, a sickening of the heart, an unredeemed torture into ought of the sublime.

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