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sickening |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sicken \Sick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sickened}; p. pr & vb n. {Sickening}.] 1. To make sick; to disease. Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. --Prior. 2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as to sicken the stomach. 3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sickening \Sick"en*ing\, a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- {Sick"en*ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sickening adj : causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: {nauseating}, {nauseous}, {noisome}, {loathsome}, {offensive}, {vile}]
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