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sick‧en‧ing
1 very shocking, annoying, or upsetting [= disgusting]: Police described it as a sickening racial attack. their sickening hypocrisy
Police described it as a sickening racial attack.their sickening hypocrisy2 an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken : His head hit the floor with a sickening thud. There was a sickening sound of tearing metal.
sickening thud/crash/sound etc
His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.There was a sickening sound of tearing metal.3 very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit : The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.
The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.4 British English spoken making you feel jealous : 'Helen's just bought herself a huge house in the south of France.' 'God, how sickening!'
'Helen's just bought herself a huge house in the south of France.' 'God, how sickening!' —sickeningly adverb
