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sickening en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Causing sickness or disgust.
    • sickening cruelty
    • sickening toxic fumes
  2. (qualifier:LGBTQ slang) Amazing, fantastic.
    • 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. 2017, Mayka Castellando, Heitor Leal Machado, “‘Please come to Brazil!’ The practices of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Brazilian fandom”, in Niall Brennan, David Gudelunas, editors, RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture, Springer, →ISBN, page 172:
    • Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination. 2014, The Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag King Guide: So You Want to Be a Male Impersonator, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 188:
    • 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. 2016, Juackie Huba, Shelly Stewart Kronbergs, Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen, Berret-Koehler, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more sickening Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sickening Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

sickeningness · unsickening · sickeningly

Relateds

hateful · loathsome · detestable · disgusting · abominable

Synonyms

mother · cunty

Translations (25)

de ekelhaft (causing sickness or disgust) · es repugnante (causing sickness or disgust) · nl walgelijk (causing sickness or disgust) · de unerträglich (causing sickness or disgust) · pl obrzydliwy (causing sickness or disgust) · fi oksettava (causing sickness or disgust) · de abscheulich (causing sickness or disgust) · fi ällöttävä (causing sickness or disgust) · fr dégoûtant (causing sickness or disgust) · es estomagante (causing sickness or disgust) · es asqueante (causing sickness or disgust) · de widerwärtig (causing sickness or disgust) · ru тошнотво́рный (causing sickness or disgust) · fi yököttävä (causing sickness or disgust) · nl ziekmakend (causing sickness or disgust) · uk нудо́тний (causing sickness or disgust) · de scheußlich (causing sickness or disgust) · bg противен (causing sickness or disgust) · de widerlich (causing sickness or disgust) · bg гаден (causing sickness or disgust) · ru отврати́тельный (causing sickness or disgust) · nl misselijkmakend (causing sickness or disgust) · de ekelerregend (causing sickness or disgust) · fr écœurant (causing sickness or disgust) · de krankmachend (causing sickness or disgust)

sickening en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The act of making somebody sick.
    • 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. 2010, Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sickenings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sea-sickening

sickening en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sicken
    form of sicken