Synonyms for sickening
ˈsɪk ə nɪŋsick·en·ing

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1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vileadjective

   causing or able to cause nausea

   "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

   Synonyms:
   noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, unsavory, ugly, foul, repellent, dysphemistic, slimy, unsavoury, distasteful, offensive, anxious, sick, ill-scented, foetid, vile, despicable, disgustful, stinking, disgusting, smelly, repelling, worthless, unquiet, foul-smelling, loathsome, sickish, nauseated, nervous, yucky, wicked, uneasy, skanky, funky, wretched, loathly, violative, unworthy, queasy, repellant

   Antonyms:
   wholesome

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1. sickeningadjective

   Synonyms:
   nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling

2. sickeningadjective

   Synonyms:
   disgusting, distasteful, repulsive, revolting, foul, loathsome, offensive

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1. sickeningadjective

   Synonyms:
   nauseating, disgusting, fulsome, nauseous, revolting

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1. List of paraphrases for "sickening":

   repugnant, revolting, nauseating, repulsive

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1. Tyrone Corbin:

   Sickening. First, of all( Cannady) is a good guy who has worked his tail off to get better, it’s just sickening to see him go down like that. We’re praying for him.

2. Rich Fury/Getty Images:

   I was blindsided, john was basically leading a double life throughout our whole marriage. When I learned about the affair, I also learned he’s diverting narcotics. I helped him become a nurse [after changing professions], a very sacred profession. It was just sickening to me. Here I was, trying to help him gain this prestigious degree and title. And this is what he was doing with it.

3. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:

   I want to dump the bucket. I'd like to have everybody see everything that went on because it's sickening to me what I saw, but they were all dealt with accordingly.

4. Hussam Ayloush:

   The Muslim community stands shoulder to shoulder with our fellow Americans in repudiating any twisted mindset that would claim to justify such sickening acts of violence.

5. Steve Descano:

   It's sickening and unacceptable that any member of our community fears for their safety during a routine traffic stop. That's why I will not rest until we bring about the day when this is no longer the case.