Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sickening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sicken \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.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sickening \Sick"en*ing\, a.
Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust;
nauseating. -- {Sick"en*ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sickening
adj : causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: {nauseating},
{nauseous}, {noisome}, {loathsome}, {offensive}, {vile}]
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