What is another word for sickening?

“Will they cease their depredations against the environment when it is so irreversibly compromised that even their own children begin to sicken and die?”

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Present participle for to become ill

“I hope I'm not sickening for a cold.”

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Present participle for to grow tired or weary of

becoming satiated with

feeling jaded with

getting bored by

getting bored with

getting satiated with

having had a surfeit of

having had something up to here

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Going down with something

ailing

falling ill

taking sick

contracting something

going down with something

“Many of them sickened and died.”

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Present participle for overfill

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Present participle for to offend the moral feelings of

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

raising someone's eyebrows

throwing a curve

completely surprising

knocking for six

setting someone back on their heels

shaking out of your complacency

giving a turn

giving someone a turn

hitting like ton of bricks

taking the wind out of your sails

making your hair stand on end

stopping someone in their tracks

springing something on

striking with awe

taking someone's breath away

taking one's breath away

unstringing

knocking props out

making waves

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(disagree with) Present participle for to have an adverse or sickening effect on

causing discomfort to

causing illness to

causing problems

striking down

going against the grain

having an adverse effect on

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Present participle for to trouble or afflict

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

getting on someone's wick

throwing into confusion

throwing off

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

throwing into disorder

throwing into uproar

putting someone off their stroke

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

making someone scratch their head

hacking you off

giving a bad time

causing discomfort to

sending over the edge

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

filling with consternation

putting the wind up someone

throwing into a tizzy

giving someone a turn

making a big thing out of

making a big thing of

giving someone a hard time

sweating out

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a meal of

making a thing of

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Present participle for to shock or be shocked by improper behaviour

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Present participle for to become, or cause to become, annoyed or irritated

making someone fed up

getting on your nerves

getting on someone's nerves

grating at

having had enough

trying the patience of

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

pushing the buttons of

hurting someone's feelings

nagging at

causing anguish

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Present participle for to become less appealing or interesting through familiarity

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Present participle for to exhaust the patience or interest of

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Present participle for break down mentally

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Present participle for to cause to become physically weaker

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Present participle for to rot or cause to rot

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Present participle for to retch or (nearly) vomit from feeling nauseous

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