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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The injury was so sickening that the CBS broadcast only replayed it once, lest anyone with a weak stomach lose their lunch.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Just a sickening day for Jameson Williams’ managers.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Those recalls were the major change in Friday’s FDA update on the outbreak, credited with sickening 20 people and killing four, one of which was a fetus, over 15 states.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Just a sickening day for Jameson Williams’ managers.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Those recalls were the major change in Friday’s FDA update on the outbreak, credited with sickening 20 people and killing four, one of which was a fetus, over 15 states.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sickening
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“Sickening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickening. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsik-(ə-)niŋ
: causing sickness or nausea
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