sickening means causing sickness or disgust. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
sickening is pronounced /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/.
Etymology
By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.
adj
- Causing sickness or disgust.“sickening cruelty”
- Amazing, fantastic.“Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination.”
noun
- The act of making somebody sick.“In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.”