What does sickening mean?
Sickening means present participle and gerund of sicken.
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/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of sicken.
sickening cruelty
sickening toxic fumes
Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination.
Latrice lives every day by her mantra, “It’s OK to make mistakes. It’s OK to fall down. Get up, look sickening, and make them eat it!” Translation: rise above your downfalls in life, and always look amazing while dismissing the haters.
Back with the seventh season next March 2nd, RuPaul’s Drag Race promises to gather fans and followers in front of the computer to watch the new competition to crown the most sickening queen.
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.
Use sickening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sickening means present participle and gerund of sicken.
Common synonyms include vile, loathsome, offensive, noisome.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
sickening cruelty
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