Etymology

By surface analysis, sicken +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#SICKENING.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/Category:English 3-syllable words#SICKENINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SICKENING

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• Hyphenation: sick‧en‧ing

Verb

sickeningCategory:English non-lemma forms#SICKENINGCategory:English verb forms#SICKENINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with entries#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SICKENING

1. present participle and gerund of sicken

Adjective

sickening (comparative more sickening, superlative most sickening)Category:English lemmas#SICKENINGCategory:English adjectives#SICKENINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with entries#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SICKENING

1. Causing sickness or disgust.

   sickening crueltyCategory:English terms with collocations#SICKENING

   sickening toxic fumesCategory:English terms with collocations#SICKENING

2. (LGBTQCategory:en:LGBTQ#SICKENING slangCategory:English slang#SICKENING) Amazing, fantastic.
   • 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.Category:English terms with quotations#SICKENING

   • 2016, Juackie Huba, Shelly Stewart Kronbergs, Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen‎, 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.Category:English terms with quotations#SICKENING

   • 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.Category:English terms with quotations#SICKENING

Noun

sickening (plural sickenings)Category:English lemmas#SICKENINGCategory:English nouns#SICKENINGCategory:English countable nouns#SICKENINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with entries#SICKENINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SICKENING

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.Category:English terms with quotations#SICKENING

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