sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsi-kə-niŋ 
ˈsik-niŋ
: causing sickness or disgust
a sickening odor
a sickening display
Examples of sickening in a Sentence
a sickening display of selfishness
We heard the squeal of brakes and a sickening thud.
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Members of the furry community around the globe teamed up to comb through the Telegram channel and find the perpetrators behind the sickening animal torture and abuse.
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Melissa Locker, Time, 17 July 2025
Greater Boston communities at the center of the ongoing sanitation worker strike are taking Republic Services to court, seeking immediate relief as trash piles mount, attracting rats and giving off a sickening stench.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
When our family visited, the halls were lined with residents hunched over in wheelchairs, and the strong smell of urine was sickening.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
The tolls taken at such places were pretty sickening.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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Melissa Locker, Time, 17 July 2025
Greater Boston communities at the center of the ongoing sanitation worker strike are taking Republic Services to court, seeking immediate relief as trash piles mount, attracting rats and giving off a sickening stench.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
When our family visited, the halls were lined with residents hunched over in wheelchairs, and the strong smell of urine was sickening.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
The tolls taken at such places were pretty sickening.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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“Sickening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickening. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsik-(ə-)niŋ
: causing sickness or nausea
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