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sickening

/sik-uh-ning/US // ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ //UK // (ˈsɪkənɪŋ) //

令人厌恶的,令人作呕的,恶心的,恶心

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.

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Examples

  • As Sojourner Gibbs pulled out of her parking space at a Sam’s Club in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, one afternoon last summer, she felt the familiar, sickening symptoms of diabetic shock.

  • The inhumane treatment of the Haitian refugees is utterly sickening.

  • Behind the pulse pounding against Pieciul’s temples was the sickening realization that a sow with a cub in a den was among the worst possible scenarios for a bear encounter.

  • That would also allow scientists to define the precise amount of chemo, so doctors wouldn’t have to over-treat patients with harsh drugs that create sickening side effects.

  • The immediate effects of the highly toxic drugs were catastrophic, sickening patients at times nearly to death.

  • Hot orange flames leap into the sky bringing with them the sickening, inescapable stench of death.

  • Lack of elaboration is a virus that continually infects the book, sometimes having a sickening effect on the reader.

  • His giddy glee turns sickening when you consider the coldhearted inhumanity that necessarily lies beneath.

  • By then he was blue in the face, a sickening color, like an old hematoma.

  • They absolutely must boycott this absurd, insane, sickening, repulsive, shameful, and at the same time shame-less circus.

  • With sickening repugnance, I seized the Thing by its two broad shoulders and rolled it over.

  • The station building gave sickening creaks; then it toppled with a crash.

  • It is not only annoying, but absolutely sickening to some, and a truly lady-like person will avoid all such topics.

  • Aristide composed his face into an expression of parental interest; but within him there was shivering and sickening upheaval.

  • It was like an old pain returning at an unexpected moment to chill a man with the sickening reminder that all joy must end.