sickening
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sick·en·ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/ adjective 1 DISGUSTINGvery shocking, annoying, or upsetting 令人震惊的；令人厌恶的；令人难受的 SYN disgusting Police described it as a sickening racial attack. 警方说这是一起令人震惊的种族袭击事件。 their sickening hypocrisy 他们那令人恶心的虚伪嘴脸it is sickening that It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women. 竟然有人会对两个无辜的年轻女性做出这种事来，真是让人震惊。2 sickening thud/crash/sound etc SOUNDan unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken 可怕的重击声/碰撞声/声音等 His head hit the floor with a sickening thud. 他的头撞在地板上，发出砰的一声，让人听了心惊肉跳。 There was a sickening sound of tearing metal. 传来一声可怕的金属断裂声。3 very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit 令人作呕的 The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air. 垃圾的腐臭味泛入空气中，令人作呕。4 British English spokenJEALOUS making you feel jealous 令人羡慕的；令人妒忌的 ‘Helen’s just bought herself a huge house in the South of France.’ ‘God, how sickening!’ “海伦刚刚在法国南部买了一幢大房子。”“啊，真叫人羡慕！” —sickeningly adverbExamples from the Corpus
sickening• And the sickening clamour of street noises beyond the cloister wall, the sickening odour of those who made them.• There was a sickening crash and the sound of broken glass as the two trains collided.• Many broiler chickens suffer a similar, sickening fate.• The sickening feel of woollen gloves being pulled on to your hands and hitting and blunting your fingertips so touch was lost.• At sunrise, the sickening reality dawned that bullets, his bullets, had mown down human beings.• With a sickening reverberation the words stayed in her mind all the way back to her room.• the sickening smell of rotting meat• She'd heard sickening tales of barbarous Gestapo torture, and of prisoners who were never seen again.• His head hit the door with a sickening thud.sick·en·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
or very upsetting Corpus annoying, shocking,
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sickening
sick‧en‧ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/
adjective
SYN disgusting:
Police described it as a sickening racial attack.
their sickening hypocrisy
it is sickening that
It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women.
2. sickening thud/crash/sound etc an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken:
His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.
There was a sickening sound of tearing metal.
3. very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit:
The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.
4. British English spoken making you feel jealous:
‘Helen’s just bought herself a huge house in the South of France.’ ‘God, how sickening!’
—sickeningly adverb
sick‧en‧ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/
adjective Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
1. very shocking, annoying, or upsetting SYN disgusting:
it is sickening that
2. sickening thud/crash/sound etc an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken:
3. very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit:
4. British English spoken making you feel jealous:
—sickeningly adverb