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sickening |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sicken 3 of 4 senses of sicken Sense 1 disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up => shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage Sense 2 sicken, come down => wan => contract, take get => canker Sense 4 sicken => gag, choke Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sicken 3 of 4 senses of sicken Sense 1 disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up => shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage Sense 2 sicken, come down => wan => contract, take get => catch => catch cold => canker Sense 4 sicken => gag, choke Entailment of verb sicken Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb sicken 4 senses of sicken Sense 1 disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up => repel, repulse Sense 2 sicken, come down => worsen, decline Sense 3 sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach => disgust, revolt, repel Sense 4 sicken => harm Familiarity of verb sicken sicken used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sicken Sense 1 disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up => repel, repulse -------------- Sense 2 sicken, come down => worsen, decline -------------- Sense 3 sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach => disgust, revolt, repel -------------- Sense 4 sicken => harm -------------- Grep of noun sickening sickeningness Overview of verb sicken The verb sicken has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up -- (cause aversion in offend the moral sense of) 2. (1) sicken, come down -- (get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital") 3. sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach -- (upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the foood turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold ont he food sickened the diners") 4. sicken -- (make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me) Overview of adj sickening The adj sickening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile -- (causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench") Antonyms of adj sickening 1 sense of sickening Sense 1 nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile INDIRECT (VIA unwholesome) -> wholesome Similarity of adj sickening 1 sense of sickening Sense 1 nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile => unwholesome (vs. wholesome) Attributes of adj sickening Familiarity of adj sickening sickening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj sickening sickening Overview of verb sicken The verb sicken has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up -- (cause aversion in offend the moral sense of) 2. (1) sicken, come down -- (get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital") 3. sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach -- (upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the foood turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold ont he food sickened the diners") 4. sicken -- (make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me) Overview of adj sickening The adj sickening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile -- (causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench")
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