The act of making somebody sick.
our government is purposely killing people as many as it can and sickening and disabling as many others as possible
Brown waterfall seen gushing from sewer pipe into Welsh river in sickening scenes #Wales #Cymru #WelshWater #Environment https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brown-waterfall-seen-gushing-sewer-33887549
Extraordinarily good; so good it makes you nauseous. Pure compliment.
"That entrance was sickening."
Sickening means: Extraordinarily good; so good it makes you nauseous. Pure compliment.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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Read the Substack shared by @drharmony.net below. They might have killed him after his treatment leaving an emergency visit to ER. My god the inhumanity and violence. Sickening. MAGA lies say he attacked ICE. BS! ww…
sickening means: Extraordinarily good; so good it makes you nauseous. Pure compliment.. Register: neutral, standard English. Common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; always check the context before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“our government is purposely killing people as many as it can and sickening and disabling as many others as possible”
“Brown waterfall seen gushing from sewer pipe into Welsh river in sickening scenes #Wales #Cymru #WelshWater #Environment https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brown-waterfall-seen-gushing-sewer-33887549”
“Read the Substack shared by @drharmony.net below. They might have killed him after his treatment leaving an emergency visit to ER. My god the inhumanity and violence. Sickening. MAGA lies say he attacked ICE. BS! www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...”
“It's just so sickening that Poilievre continually bashes the Liberals, but won't look at the horrendous waste and abuse of our tax dollars they spend, doing f-all for Canadians. #RESIGN”
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The act of making somebody sick.
“Ian Jones, area director for the West Midlands at the agency, said: "This is a sickening case of large-scale illegal waste dumping, and we share the public's disgust.”
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Causing sickness or disgust.
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