sick·en·ing /-nɪŋ/
(a.)使人作嘔的;使人噁心的
Sick·en v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening.]
1. To make sick; to disease.
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. --Prior.
2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.]
Sick·en·ing a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- Sick*en*ing*ly, adv.
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sickening
adj : causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating,
nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, vile]