- 1making you feel disgusted or shocked synonym repulsive She was the victim of a sickening attack. the sickening stench of burned flesh He described what had happened in sickening detail.
- 2making you afraid that someone has been badly hurt or that something has been broken Her head hit the ground with a sickening thud. The truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch.
adverbSee sickening in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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