sickening

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

• Audio (Australia):

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• Hyphenation: sick‧en‧ing

Verb

sickening

1. present participle and gerund of sicken

Adjective

sickening (comparative more sickening, superlative most sickening)

1. Causing sickness or disgust.

   sickening cruelty

   sickening toxic fumes

2. (LGBTQ slang) Amazing, fantastic.

   Synonyms: cunty, mother

   • 2014, The Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag King Guide: So You Want to Be a Male Impersonator, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 188:

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

   • 2016, Juackie Huba, Shelly Stewart Kronbergs, Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen‎^[1], Berret-Koehler, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2017, Mayka Castellando, Heitor Leal Machado, “‘Please come to Brazil!’ The practices of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Brazilian fandom”, in Niall Brennan, David Gudelunas, editors, RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture, Springer, →ISBN, page 172:

     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.

Derived terms

• sickeningly
• sickeningness
• unsickening

Translations

causing sickness or disgust

• Bulgarian: гаден (bg) (gaden), противен (bg) (protiven)
• Dutch: ziekmakend (nl), misselijkmakend (nl), walgelijk (nl)
• Finnish: oksettava (fi), yököttävä (fi), ällöttävä (fi)
• French: dégoûtant (fr), écœurant (fr)
• German: ekelhaft (de), widerlich (de), abscheulich (de), ekelerregend (de), unerträglich (de), widerwärtig (de), scheußlich (de), krankmachend (de)
• Polish: obrzydliwy (pl)
• Russian: тошнотво́рный (ru) (tošnotvórnyj), отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: asqueante (es), estomagante, repugnante (es)
• Ukrainian: нудо́тний (uk) (nudótnyj)

See also

• loathsome
• disgusting
• abominable
• detestable
• hateful

Noun

sickening (plural sickenings)

1. The act of making somebody sick.
   • 2010, Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares:

     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.

Derived terms

• sea-sickening