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Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.
Sammy Hagar

Meaning of "sickening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SICKENING

sickening  [ˈsɪkənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SICKENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sickening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SICKENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sickening in the English dictionary

The definition of sickening in the dictionary is causing sickness or revulsion. Other definition of sickening is extremely annoying.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SICKENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
awakening
əˈweɪkənɪŋ
beckoning
ˈbekənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
poisoning
ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
questioning
ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
reasoning
ˈriːzənɪŋ
reawakening
ˌriːəˈweɪkənɪŋ
reckoning
ˈrɛkənɪŋ
slackening
ˈslækənɪŋ
strengthening
ˈstreŋθənɪŋ
thickening
ˈθɪkənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
unawakening
ˌʌnəˈweɪkənɪŋ
weakening
ˈwiːkənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SICKENING

sick pay
sick-dog
sick-making
sick-out
sickbay
sickbed
sicked
sickee
sicken
sickener
sickeningly
sicker
sickerly
sickerness
Sickert
sickie
sicking
sickish
sickishly
sickishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SICKENING

beginning
christening
deepening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
frightening
good evening
grand opening
hardening
intervening
life-threatening
lightening
listening
screening
sharpening
shortening
tightening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of sickening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SICKENING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sickening» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sickening

Translation of «sickening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SICKENING

Find out the translation of sickening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sickening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sickening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人作呕的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repugnante
570 millions of speakers

English

sickening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुत्सित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُقْرِف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тошнотворный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repugnante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরক্তিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écœurant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyakitkan hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ekelhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

吐き気をもよおさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불쾌감을 주는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sickening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kinh tởm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நோய்பீடித்ததாகக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खिन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mide bulandırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disgustoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mdlący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нудотний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezgustător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αηδιαστικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

walglike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vämjelig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vemmelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sickening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKENING»

The term «sickening» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKENING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sickening» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sickening» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sickening

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10 QUOTES WITH «SICKENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sickening.
1
John Barrow
One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.
2
David Cameron
Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.
3
James Chanos
It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now patting themselves on the back for their 'brave' stance on short-selling!
4
Diablo Cody
There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response.
5
Richard Dooling
We are living, we have long been told, in the Information Age. Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us.
6
Richard Dooling
Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us.
7
Lincoln Ellsworth
One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.
8
Helen Fisher
Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival.
9
Sammy Hagar
Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.
10
Will Smith
And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SICKENING»

Discover the use of sickening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sickening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and Disease
Martin investigates how psychological and emotional factors influence health through their effects on behaviour and the immune system by exploring how the brain and immune system interact.
Paul Martin, 1997
2
It's Called Love
nowing the penny flavored taste was as sickening as knowing the penny flavored taste was as sickening as knowing the penny flavored taste was as sickenъ sickening as knowing the penny flavored taste was as sickening as knowing the ...
Laurel Hoffer, 2008
3
Placing Michael Neill: Issues of Place in Shakespeare and ...
Sickening India”: how are we to interpret my essay's title-both its ambiguous gerund and its equally slippery proper noun? Sickening India might suggest, on the one hand, a process whereby India is made “sick,” whether we understand that ...
Graham Bradshaw, Tom Bishop, Alexander C. Y. Huang, 2011
4
The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 11: Special ...
Sickening India”: how are we to interpret my essay's title-both its ambiguous gerund and its equally slippery proper noun? Sickening India might suggest, on the one hand, a process whereby India is made “sick,” whether we understand that ...
Mr Jonathan Gil Harris, Professor Tom Bishop, Professor Graham Bradshaw, 2013
5
Cannibal: The Most Sickening Consumer Guide Ever!
Explosive guide to the cannibal movie phenomenon of the 1970s, '80s and early '90s, with particular emphasis on the Italian video nasties that spawned over-banned classics Cannibal Holocaust and Zombie Flesh Eaters.
John Wiley Martin, 2006
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Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew
One such example is the adjective xo- lani 'sickening/pathological' in (14). (14) ze xolani be-eynay še-šoftim yakelu al av še-ose ma'asim ka'ele b-a-yalda haxoreget šelo. (I) this sickening in my.eyes that judges lighten on a.father that does ...
Ron Kuzar, 2012
7
True True Blood: The Sickening Truth Behind Our Most Grisly ...
Now, True True Blood's portrait of darkness will take you to a dark side of homicide you never imagined.
Megan Norris, 2012
8
How Sickening: A Look at the Public/Private Health Options ...
Everyone needs health care at one time or another in their lives. It can be confusing these days, though. This book looks at the public and private forms of health care and insurance.
Alys Knight, 2011
9
Handbook for Waterworks Operator Certification: Intermediate ...
... woody, camphor, turpentine nail polish remover, banana fruity fruity pears oranges honey vinegar, sour urinous, sickening, sweaty sharp, sour acid sweet, fruity, minty sweet, almond burnt, sweet sour, pungent rancid, sweet oniony, garlicky, ...
Frank R. Spellman, 2000
10
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky ...
A narrative report by a woman who grew up near the Rocky Flats nuclear weapon facility describes the dark secrets that dominated her childhood, the strange cancers that afflicted her neighbors, her brief employment at Rocky Flats and the ...
Kristen Iversen, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SICKENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sickening is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pensioner injured in 'sickening' attack on his own doorstep in Camden
An 82-year-old man was left injured after a "sickening" attack on his own ... the investigating officer, called the incident a "pernicious and sickening attack". «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Alton Towers crash: Boyfriend of amputee describes 'sickening
The boyfriend of a teen who had her leg amputated after the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash has recalled the “sickening bang” as their carriage collided with ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Austin EMS blames synthetic drug for sickening 200 people
AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP) -- Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services officials say more than 200 people have been sickened in the last three weeks after ... «KGBT-TV, Jun 15»
4
The World's Most Expensive Food: Channel 4 doc branded …
Viewers have reacted angrily to Channel 4's new documentary The World's Most Expensive Food, with many branding it “vulgar” and “sickening”. «The Independent, May 15»
5
Sickening footage shows nursery worker force-feeding baby
This hidden camera footage will send a chill down the spine of every parent with kids in a nursery. A nursery worker in Spain is seen pinning down and force ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
6
'Predatory' paedophile who kept 'sickening' account of abuse admits …
A "predatory" paedophile who kept a "sickening" account of his abuse has admitted a string of offences including 10 counts of rape. Michael D'Costa, 64, ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
7
Glenn Beck and Glenn Greenwald Agree: Bush vs. Clinton 2016 Is …
Hillary Clinton election, as sickening and depressing as that is, will be really clarifying,” Greenwald continued. “Because, where is American meritocracy in this?”. «Mediaite, Apr 15»
8
Pensioner left with BROKEN LEG after 'sickening' £3000 mugging
A PENSIONER has been left with a broken leg after a “sickening” robbery just minutes after he exchanged 4,000 euros ahead of a holiday with his wife. By Tom ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
9
CCTV video captures sickening attack on train
THE former wife of a man jailed for a sickening attack on a woman on a Sydney train has described him as an 'animal' who is finally being punished for a life of ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Feb 15»
10
ISIS release sickening video of marksman killing opposition fighters …
ISIS has released a sickening video showing one of its snipers carrying out a series of assassinations following the success of hit film American Sniper. «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»

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