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sickening

adjective

  1. make feel disgust, ill, disgusted
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

  1. Causing sickness or disgust.

    sickening cruelty

    sickening toxic fumes

  2. Amazing, fantastic.

    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.

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

  1. The act of making somebody sick.

    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.

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of sicken