Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sickening

/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: sick-en-ing
IPA: /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sicken

adj

Causing sickness or disgust.

adj

Amazing, fantastic.

noun

The act of making somebody sick.

Example Sentences

"sickening cruelty"
"sickening toxic fumes"
"Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination."
"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Inflected Forms

more sickening (comparative) most sickening (superlative) sickenings (plural)

Derived Forms

sickeningly sickeningness unsickening

Phrases

sea-sickening

Frequently Paired Words

loathsome disgusting abominable detestable hateful

Synonyms

cunty mother nauseating nauseous noisome queasy loathsome offensive vile

Rhymes With

thickening quickening chickening

Questions

How do you pronounce sickening?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/.
What does sickening mean?: present participle and gerund of sicken
Where does sickening come from?: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

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