sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsi-kə-niŋ 
ˈsik-niŋ
: causing sickness or disgust
a sickening odor
a sickening display
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a sickening display of selfishness
We heard the squeal of brakes and a sickening thud.
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Every day a new person emerges as a magnificent hero or a sickening villain.
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Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
This whole tragic final sequence plays out with a sense of sickening inevitability, like an ugly, violent domino effect.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Whether or not Eggers sees where his story is going or only blunders into it, the transformation of the meaning of the tale is sickening.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Sunday night’s premiere at the Eccles Center was met with screams, laughs and squirms of discomfort during the film’s more sickening moments.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
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Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
This whole tragic final sequence plays out with a sense of sickening inevitability, like an ugly, violent domino effect.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Whether or not Eggers sees where his story is going or only blunders into it, the transformation of the meaning of the tale is sickening.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Sunday night’s premiere at the Eccles Center was met with screams, laughs and squirms of discomfort during the film’s more sickening moments.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Sickening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickening. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsik-(ə-)niŋ
: causing sickness or nausea
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