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Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust
“Smashing their way in, officers were met with a sickening stench and dead bluebottles covering the stairs.”
Annoying or disappointing
Very bad or unpleasant, especially to the senses
Suggestively offensive or ill-natured
Excessive in obsequious praise or flattery
Excessively sentimental or emotional
Wasting away
Present participle for to become ill or sick
“I should expect, therefore, that if this was the case, in a short time he would sicken and die from want of proper care.”
Present participle for to catch or contract a disease or illness
“You are pale, Lizzy. I hope it is not your turn to sicken for something.”
Present participle for to weaken or deteriorate in physical condition, especially due to illness
“Yet all the while, soldiers continued to sicken and perish.”
Present participle for to cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in
“He hurled himself at the Guru's feet, fawning all over him and kissing his feet like an abject slave, enough to sicken me with his obvious servility.”
Present participle for to grow tired or weary of (something)
“If they look on marriage merely as a civil contract, they will, in consequence, sicken of each other's company.”
Present participle for overfill
Present participle for to offend the moral feelings of
(disagree with) Present participle for to have an adverse or sickening effect on
Present participle for to make upset or uncomfortable
Present participle for to have a mental or emotional breakdown
Present participle for to become less appealing or interesting through familiarity
Present participle for to exhaust the patience or interest of
Present participle for to cause emotional distress to someone
Present participle for to cause to become physically weaker
Present participle for to retch or (nearly) vomit from feeling nauseous
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