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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Contracting something

ailing

falling ill

taking sick

contracting something

going down with

“Many of them sickened and died.”

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Present participle for overfill

making a pig of oneself

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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

hitting like ton of bricks

taking the wind out of your sails

making one's hair stand on end

taking your breath away

hitting like a ton of bricks

stopping someone in their tracks

putting out of action

knocking the stuffing out of

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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 make upset or uncomfortable

putting someone off their stroke

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

setting someone back on their heels

causing discomfort to

making someone scratch their head

sending over the edge

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

making a big thing out of

making a big thing of

filling with consternation

throwing into a tizzy

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

trying the patience of

agonizing^US

hurting somebody's feelings

agonising^UK

pushing the buttons of

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

rubbing the wrong way

steaming up

giving someone the hump

rubbing up the wrong way

riling up

raising your hackles

getting under your skin

rubbing you up the wrong way

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

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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 retch or (nearly) vomit from feeling nauseous

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